Yeah, that's a major part of his backstory.

You tagged Han Solo's wiki page to your own post, so you'd do well to read it and find out more.

Yes he was a TIE fighter pilot. It mentions it in Solo, he got kicked out for having a mind of his own

Come to think of it, knowing how they were piloted probably helped Han know how to outrun them.

Yeah and he got kicked out for being undisciplined.

One of my favorite groups in Star Wars are Tie pilots I love their lore.

Read the TIE Fighter comic, it's really good