Retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, 89, back, gears up in an F-15D Eagle to recreate his 1947 sound-barrier breaking flight at Nellis Air Force Base on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Flying with Capt. David Vincent, Yeager is commemorating the 65th anniversary of the day he became the first to break the sound barrier. (Jessica Ebelhar/Las Vegas Review-Journal)