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Lohmann: Two Richmonders who left an impact on their communities died this month  Richmond.com

Crews pull car from Cabell County pond  WSAZ

Short Takes: Hair metal, jazz crooning and bluegrass on tap this week  Bristol Herald Courier

Charleston's Southside Bridge to shut down this weekend for repair work  WCHS-TV8

IMS announces official pace car, driver for Indianapolis 500  IndyStar

City of Oroville will soon own a drone  Chico Enterprise-Record

TSA officers discovering more weapons at checkpoints even with less passenger travel  WV News

Yesterland: Taste Pilots' Grill at Disney California Adventure  MiceChat

Oroville City Council to consider auditorium, airport upgrades  Chico Enterprise-Record

This Week in History  Martinsburg Journal

Flying High In, From, And Around Appalachia  West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Chevrolet Team ECR Signs U.S. Space Force As Indy 500 Sponsor  GM Authority

Ace pilots don't happen by accident | Opinion | journal-spectator.com  Wharton Journal Spectator

The Measure Of A Fastball Has Changed Over The Years  Baseball America

Can NASA’s X-59 solve the supersonic riddle?  Asia Times

Virgin Galactic unveils high-speed aircraft design, inks deal with Rolls-Royce  Las Cruces Sun-News

Rafale vs. J-20: War of words erupts over jet fighters  Asia Times

John Carlson: Being Taken for a Ride  Muncie Journal

AFWERX named to Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators  Air Force Link

Comic-Home@Home: The Right Stuff blasts off with first look at NatGeo/Disney+ series  SYFY WIRE

11975MHz: RT @r~#_eisele: "The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down". General Chuck Yeager, USAF, https://t.co/zIBRpHQmez

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seydy69: RT @r%*&_eisele: "The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down". General Chuck Yeager, USAF, https://t.co/zIBRpHQmez

S55tnk: RT @r&*_eisele: "The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down". General Chuck Yeager, USAF, https://t.co/zIBRpHQmez

SPCalvert: RT @r*&~&_eisele: "The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down". General Chuck Yeager, USAF, https://t.co/zIBRpHQmez

Sure , everyone knows Chuck Yeager was first man to "break" the sound barrier but could the following sentence depict a greater accomplishment? Flying the new supersonic F-100 Super Sabres, the 1st was considered one of the Tactical Air Command’s (TAC) elite units. TAC was then in the process of developing in-flight refueling capabilities to support long-range deployments of fighter units. Such complex operations were still very problematic. Mission aborts, navigational mistakes, communications failures and tanker rendezvous miscalculations were common. In 1958, Yeager planned and led the first flawless trans-Atlantic deployment of a jet fighter squadron in TAC history, as all of the 1st’s F-100s landed together and on schedule at Moron Air Base, Spain. JetDoc; see what you mean..you might have a point...just don't know enough about the man.

Movie was announced based on the Yeager autobiography. No word since on it's status.

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