Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, dead at 97

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Retired Air Force Brig. Gen.

Chuck Yeager was a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general who was the first human to break the sound barrier.Yeager enlisted in the U.S.

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Chuck Yeager, a World War II fighter pilot, the first person to break the sound barrier and one of the subjects of Philip Kaufman’s The Right Stuff has died. He was 97.

Ellise Shafer editorChuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier and a subject of the book and film “The Right Stuff,” has died. He was 97.Yeager’s wife, Victoria Yeager, announced his death on Twitter Monday night.