Viper Pilot, Dan Hampton
Viper Pilot, Dan Hampton
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Viper Pilot
The Autobiography of One of America's Most Decorated Combat Pilots

Author: Dan Hampton

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/02/2012

Synopsis

“Viper Pilot is fantastic….A great read!”
—Dale Brown, former USAF Captain and New York Times bestselling author of A Time for PatriotsAction-packed and breathtakingly authentic, Viper Pilot is the electrifying memoir of one of the most decorated F-16 pilots in American history: U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hampton, who served for twenty years, flying missions in the Iraq War, the Kosovo conflict, and the first Gulf War. Both a rare look into the elite world of fighter pilots and a thrilling first-person account of contemporary air combat, Viper Pilot soars—a true story of courage, skill, and commitment that will thrill U.S. Special Forces buffs, aviation and military history aficionados, and fans of the novels of Tom Clancy and Dale Brown.

About Dan Hampton

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years (1986–2006) in the United States Air Force. For his service in the Iraq War, Kosovo conflict, and first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, five Meritorious Service medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School (TOGS), and USAF Special Operations School. A frequent guest analyst on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC discussing foreign affairs, military, aviation, and intelligence issues, he has published in Aviation History, the Journal of Electronic Defense, Air Force Magazine, Vietnam magazine, and Airpower magazine, and written several classified tactical works for the USAF Weapons Review. He is the author of the national bestsellers Viper Pilot and Lords of the Sky, as well as a novel, The Mercenary.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trike

2 stars means "It Was OK." And it is. Some of this is memoir, but a large portion of it is declassified radio transcripts that Hampton has fleshed out. Hampton seems to be accomplished as a Wild Weasel, and he never lets you forget that. After a while the constant bragging starts to wear quite thin.......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

I skimmed through most of this book because my son chose to be Dan Hampton for Historical Halloween at school. We found few reference to this "Top Gun" Ace Fighter Pilot in our search aside from what was in this book. As every other word was fuck this and fuck that it was completely inappropriate fo......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl

I am a fan of aviation and military history that is focused on aviation. Thus the reason that I wanted to check this book out. I found this book very informative and Mr. Hampton has a talent for story telling. Even though what he is sharing about are real life events. He makes the reader feel like t......more

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