Yeager, an autobiography
by Chuck Yeager · first published 1985
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Offers a personal glimpse of air pilot General Chuck Yeager. Yeager talks about his life and achievements, expressed in his own words.
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on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗…they had in the end was that their opponent had air superiority in their Eastern theatre shortly after they reacted to the Pakistani pre-emptive strike. It was decided in days. You really have to read Yeager: An Autobiography. It's pp 396-398. He was really convinced they were killing it. Neutral claims, of course, showed they were getting pummeled in comparison. His claimed 3-to-1 kill ratio was more like a 3-to-5. > The…
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