Chuck Yeager on Twitter: "Aug 28, 1966: Soviet Union announces it is training North Vietnamese Air Force pilots. I was assigned to Vietnam '66-'68. Flew 127 sorties"

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WWII Fighter Ace,1st person to break the sound barrier, Fighter pilot, like huntin', fishin', 1st to fly faster than Mach 2, author, http://www.chuckyeager.com ;

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1. Dave Gorman‏ @_davegorman 27 Aug 2016
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  Maybe they announced it then, but we KNEW already, right? Nobody was surprised, were they?
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1. Jason Fields‏Verified account @JasonQFields 27 Aug 2016
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  please let me know if you would have any interest in doing an interview with @Reuters. I do a show called @War_College.
  
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1. Mark Plemons‏ @MarkPlemons 27 Aug 2016
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  That F4 must've been a beast. Twin J-79s!
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1. Charlie Zimmerman‏ @Charlie_Z 27 Aug 2016
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  Thanks to you and all your fellow service men and women of that era!
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1. Jon Cameron‏ @jcamero4 27 Aug 2016
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  B-57s? F-4Fs?
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1. N Hemi‏ @nhemme08 27 Aug 2016
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  how many kills did you get?
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1. JoeKidd‏ @joekiddone 28 Aug 2016
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  Thank you for your Service. @GenChuckYeager
  
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