By the time the Vietnam War rolled around, Yeager was a full-bird colonel and was deployed to Southeast Asia. Flying from the 405th Tactical Fighter Wing, he led F-100D Super Sabres in 127 air ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager, then a 24-year-old captain, pushed an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane past 660 mph to break the sound barrier, at the time a daunting aviation milestone.

US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as “the fastest man alive,” has died at the age of 97. Yeager broke the sound barrier when he tested the X-1 in October 1947, although ...

Chuck Yeager, a former U.S. Air ... The pilot later commanded fighter squadrons in Germany and Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and was promoted to brigadier general in 1969. He retired on ...

Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, who died this week at age 97, ... And you don’t return to battle during the Vietnam War, at age 43 flying 127 missions, ...

Remembering Chuck Yeager: ... “Glamorous Glen III,” Chuck Yeager’s P-51D during World War II. ... During his deployment in Korea and the Vietnam War he would command several squadrons and wings.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Chuck Yeager, the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound.

Chuck Yeager, the first person to ... Yeager later commanded fighter squadrons in Germany and Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and was promoted to brigadier general in 1969. Yeager retired on ...

Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, ... Yeager, a World War II fighter pilot who also served in the Vietnam war, broke the sound barrier in 1947.

Chuck Yeager, the most famous test pilot of his generation, ... He commanded a fighter wing during the Vietnam War while holding the rank of colonel and flew 127 missions, ...