Official photograph of Capt. Charles E. Yeager. (U.S. Air Force photo)
On this day 99 years ago Charles Elwood Yeager was born in Myra, West Virginia. Chuck Yeager went on to become a Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, a pilot in World War II, and a test pilot who became the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound in 1947.
He passed away on December 7, 2020, in Los Angeles.
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