AeroTime looks back at Chuck Yeager’s life and career ... Following his retirement from the USAF in 1975, as Brigadier General Charles Yeager, he continued to serve the USAF as a consultant test pilot ...

Anderson died in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17, 2024, just a little over a year after the Air Force bestowed him with a post-retirement promotion to brigadier general.

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The picture of Chuck Yeager at the top of the article has a "secret." See if you can figure it out, and then check if you are right at the end of the article! Brigadier General (ret.) Chuck Yeager is ...

Chuck and Victoria Yeager “He did far more than just breaking ... during the Vietnam War where he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1969, and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall ...

Perry, 62, retired from the Army National Guard in 2019 as a brigadier general after 39 years of service. A fighter pilot by craft, he'd commanded units through deployments to Bosnia and ...

Anderson retired from the Air Force in 1972 as a colonel and two years ago received an honorary promotion to the rank of brigadier general ... s squadron mates was Chuck Yeager, who later became ...

“Bud” Anderson Jr. is seen at a ceremony promoting him to the honorary rank of brigadier general at ... Retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, right, smiles with his flight companion, Clarence ...

“On 17 May 2024 at 5:29pm, WWII Triple Ace Brigadier General Clarence E ... He served alongside fellow fighter pilot legend Chuck Yeager during World War II. The two were close friends ...

Chuck Yeager in combat and later in the storied ... He was promoted to the honorary rank of brigadier general by the Air Force chief of staff at the time, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., in a ceremony ...

Chuck Yeager even flew with Anderson ... Anderson was promoted to the honorary rank of brigadier general in 2022 by USAF Chief of Staff. He was inducted into the San Diego Air and Space Museum’s ...

The Rogers Commission also included Neil Armstrong, the Commander of Apollo 11 and the first person to walk on the moon; Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier; Dr ...