Brig. Gen. Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager, after service in WWII (where he finished the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter), Korea and Vietnam, is 93 today.
Of course, he is best remembered for his deeds of October 14, 1947, dramatized below
He seems to be taking the news in stride
