First Mach flight propels Yeager, Air Force into history

Retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager pauses for a moment while autographing several Edwards Air Force Ball posters at Test Operations here Sept. 21. General Yeager flew an F-16 to Mach 1 at the Air Force Ball and produced a sonic boom commemorating his first supersonic flight 60 years earlier. (Photo by Mike Cassidy)

PHOTO BY: Mike Cassidy

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