Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I tiimata te mahi a Yeager i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao hei hoia i te ope taua o te United States, i tohaina 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 eke ki te taumata o te rangatira rererangi (ko te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao Army Air Force putanga o te rangatira o te ope taua), i muri mai ka tutuki i te nuinga o ana wikitoria rererangi hei P-51 Mustang kaipuke whawhai i 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 ia 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.