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18 year-old Chuck Yeager enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1941
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Yeager entered combat in February 1944 and claimed one Me 109 before being shot down on his eighth combat mission on 5 March
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He waspromoted to captain during his tour in the European theater and when he completed his final flight on 15 January 1945
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Chuck Yeager finnaly broke the speed of sound in the X-1
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Yeager was choosen to lead the wings team Yeager typically won top individual honors in these events and ultimately led the team to victories in the U.S. Air Forces in Europe championships in 1955 and 1956
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Yeager returned to California’s high desert when he took over command of the 1st Fighter Day Squadron at George AFB in 1957
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In 1958 Yeager planned and led the first flawless trans-Atlantic deployment of a jet fighter TAC history
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NASA’s requested on 3 December 1963 yeager became the first USAF pilot
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In March 1968, he took over command of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing while it was deployed to Kunsan AB, Korea, in response to the Pueblo crisis
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In July 1969, Brigadier General Yeager returned to Europe as vice commander of the Seventeenth Air Force
