General Yeager News Today

Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going up.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) is pleased to announce a new exhibit celebrating what would have

From the fastest jet-powered aircraft on record and the plane that looked like a high heel, heres some of most bizarre X-planes in NASA history.

MILLWOOD, W.Va. (WV News) — It may not have turned out as planned, but the Young Eagles Flight event at Jackson County Airport saw several young people and their parents

MILLWOOD, W.Va. (WV News) — Jackson County Airport is getting a name revision. Although it is a temporary change, it is one the airport is proud to carry.

Victoria Yeager, widow of aviation icon Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, joined West Virginia International Yeager Airport and Marshall University staffers Monday in updating an exhibit showcasing her late

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia International Yeager Airport and Marshall University’s Bill Noe Flight School coordinated a fly-over of the airport Monday to celebrate what would have been Gen. Chuck

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia International Yeager Airport and Marshall University’s Bill Noe Flight School coordinated a fly-over of the airport Monday to celebrate what would have been Gen. Chuck

BENICIA — Rep. Mike Thompson has headed up a call to provide families of fallen veterans with the option of utilizing Quick Response Codes on grave markers or headstones to better tell the stories of their loved ones. Thompson led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Secretary of the Army Christine Wo

HAMLIN — American Legion Post 111 hosted a renaming ceremony in honor of Hamlin native Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager. Yeager was a member of the post that now bears his