The first man to go supersonic, Chuck Yeager, passed away yesterday at the age of 97. An American legend, Yeager was a decorated World War II combat ace, serving in several conflicts over the course ...

Vice President Mike Pence said he will escort Victoria Yeager, the widow of retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, along with his remains, to his funeral in West Virginia on Friday. Pence, himself ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Friends, family, dignitaries and the community joined together at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center Friday to honor one of the most famous test pilots of his ...

Last Dec. 7, the greatest aviator in American history ascended into the heavens. On Friday, joined by my family on Air Force Two, it will be my honor to accompany the widow and earthly remains of ...

(Reuters) - Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died on Monday ...

BIRTHDAY FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST NORTHERN CALIFORNIANS. THERE WERE A CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING ONE THIS MORNING. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND, BACK IN ...

We’ve lost another great American. Gen. Chuck Yeager, a World War II double fighter ace and the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, died Monday in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 97. Tom ...

The first man to break the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager died on Monday in California at the age of 97. John Yang has the story. Chuck Yeager soared into aviation history in 1947, the first person to ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A public celebration has been scheduled for the late Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager in West Virginia. The ceremony is set for noon on Jan. 15 at the Charleston Coliseum and ...

The aviation world is mourning the death of Chuck Yeager, a decorated U.S. Air Force test pilot who became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947. Yeager, 97, was remembered ...

Even though he was 20 years older, I grew up with Chuck Yeager. That's because I'm from West Virginia, and students there hear about him as soon as they're old enough to understand how important he ...