BRIG. GEN. CHARLES E. (CHUCK) YEAGER

BRIG. GEN. CHARLES E. (CHUCK) YEAGER (USAF, Ret.) greets Bob Hoover (right) at Edwards AFB, Calif., after Yeager marked the 50th anniversary of supersonic flight by breaking the sound barrier in an F-15D on Oct 14. Hoover flew chase in an F-16D. On Oct. 14, 1947, Captain Yeager broke the sound...

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