The term "legend" suffers from overuse, but how else to describe Chuck Yeager? The retired Air Force brigadier general, who died Monday at age 97, had a permanent eye twinkle and crinkly grin ...

Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and retired Air Force brigadier general who broke the sound barrier in 1947, has died By Jared Keller Updated on Dec 8, 2020 Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and ...

US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as “the fastest ... Yeager retired from the Air Force with the rank of Brigadier General in 1975, having flown 10,131.6 hours in some ...

Chuck Yeager is a legendary American hero. The 93-year-old retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general was a World War II ace whose exploits include shooting down five enemy fighters during a single ...

On Dec. 12, 1953, Chuck Yeager set two more altitude and speed ... types of aircraft and retired from the Air Force as a brigadier general. Bob van der Linden of the National Air and Space Museum ...

(Reuters) – Chuck Yeager, the steely “Right Stuff ... Yeager reached the rank of brigadier general and in 1997 he marked the 50th anniversary of his historic flight by taking an F-15 ...

Informal portrait of Brigadier General Charles E. 'Chuck' Yeager, standing on the cockpit ladder of a McDonnell Douglas F-15B Eagle at Edwards AFB, CA. Circa 1980s. National Air and Space Museum ...

Chuck Yeager, the pioneering Air Force pilot who ... He also flew combat missions in Korea and Vietnam. He was promoted to Brigadier General in August 1969. Breaking the sound barrier was only ...

CHARLESTON — A new exhibit celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager in 2023 and the upcoming 77th anniversary of him breaking the sound ...

US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as “the fastest ... Yeager retired from the Air Force with the rank of Brigadier General in 1975, having flown 10,131.6 hours in some ...

Courtesy of Chuck Yeager His feat put General Yeager in ... head of aerospace safety for the Air Force, he retired as a brigadier general in 1975. His decorations included the Distinguished ...