Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata te mahi a Yeager i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao hei tangata takitahi i roto i te United States Army, i whakaritea ki te Army Air Forces i te 1941. Whai muri i tana mahi hei miihini rererangi, i te Mahuru 1942, ka uru ia ki te whakangungu paerata whakauru, ana ka oti tana tohu ka whakatairangahia ki te taumata o te rangatira rererangi (te putanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao o te Army Air Force o te rangatira rangatira o te ope taua), i muri mai ka tutuki i te nuinga o ana wikitoria rererangi hei paerata whawhai P-51 Mustang i runga i te
Ko te Western Front, i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te patu i te 11.5 rererangi hoariri (ko te haurua o te nama mai i tetahi paerata tuarua e awhina ana i a ia i roto i te pupuhi kotahi). I te Oketopa 12, 1944, i eke ia ki te "ace i roto i te ra" te mana, i te patu i nga rererangi hoariri e rima i roto i te kaupapa kotahi.