Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that the author means it in a "symbolic" way. But the title doesn't reflect that. This is nothing more than an attempt to bolster Indian nationalism while working to tear down the reputation of an American (everyone's favorite target when they don't actually have to go face-to-face with the American.)
Yeager is an old school fighter pilot that raised a little hell when things didn't go his way... That is just fighter pilots in general. To try and paint him as a psycho is just a poor attempt to try and change people's perception of the man.
It becomes even more evident that this is a "hit piece" when you see the claim that Yeager was the subject of The Right Stuff... Yes he was part of the story, but he was hardly what one would call the main protagonist. That is even more evidence of the authors attempt to build up the man so that the "tearing down" of him would be even more dramatic.
Hope this makes the IAF feel better about themselves... /s
You didn’t even read the article ..And why should India want to bolster her nationalism when its already there .
Chuck was there to train pakis pilot against Indians.
Indian aircrafts flew in a special mission to destroy Chuck plane and let US get the message that they are not yet another country to bow down to them.
Why should India want to face US in her own home ground when russian nuclear submarines were already there to ward off any therea from US, as I said Indians are force to reckon with and american simply wanted to avoid 1000 times more debacle than vietnam war.
Going face to face against India would have been ugly even for US. Thank God, it never happened. Everything turned out well actually....India won the war, the genocide was stopped, Bangladesh got their independence, Pakistan's Islamic war machine was destroyed...... and Chuck Yeager came back home with a little hurt ego. Wasn't all too bad.
“Yeager is an old school fighter pilot that raised a little hell when things didn't go his way... That is just fighter pilots in general.”
He did raise some hell.... not with his jet but with some angry words and breast beating. He was after all the coach of the PAF team and Indians were buzzing all over Pakistani airspace kicking butt. Poor Chuck Yeager even lost his own plane to add insult to injury.