Ive heard that Yeager is an ahole for many years...
However, he can be an ahole ANYTIME as he’s pro American and the first to break the sound barrier. i know a lot of assholes who talk the talk but dont walk the walk but Chuck does..
And there's this. Yeager is the SECOND to break the sound barrier, George Welch is the first (as a test pilot, in a diving F-86).
That said, Yeager is a good American, and worthy of respect for his many accomplishments (first to break sound barrier, not withstanding).