Dan Hampton
Retired Air Force pilot and author
Dan Hampton is a retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel and former Wild Weasel fighter pilot who became an author. His books include The Flight.
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About Dan Hampton
Hampton served in the US Air Force from 1986 to 2006 and flew 151 combat missions in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. He is best known as a Wild Weasel, a pilot who hunts surface-to-air missile sites. His service included the Gulf War, the Kosovo War and the Iraq War, and he received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor and a Purple Heart. His New York Times bestsellers include Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat, Lords of the Sky and The Hunter Killers. He has also written a novel, The Mercenary. The Flight is another of his books. He has also appeared as a guest analyst on television news programs.