Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat Paperback - 2013
by Dan Hampton
Action packed and breathtakingly authentic, "Viper Pilot" is the electrifyingmemoir of one of the most decorated F-16 pilots in American history: U.S. AirForce Lieutenant Colonel Hampton, who served for 20 years, flying missions inthe Iraq War, the Kosovo conflict, and the first Gulf War.
From the rear cover
151 combat missions
21 hard kills on surface -to -air missile sites
4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor
1 Purple Heart
First into a war zone, flying behind enemy lines to purposely draw fire, the wild weasels are elite fighter squadrons with the most dangerous job in the Air Force
One of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. For twenty years, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, logging 608 combat hours in the world's most iconic fighter jet: the F-16 "Fighting Falcon," or "Viper." He spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq, leading the first flight of fighters over the border en route to strike Baghdad. Earlier, on 9/11, Hampton's father was inside the Pentagon when it was attacked; with his dad's fate unknown, Hampton was scrambled into American skies and given the unprecedented orders to shoot down any unidentified aircraft. Viper Pilot is an unforgettable look into the closed world of fighter pilots and modern air combat.
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- Title Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat
- Author Dan Hampton
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, New York
- Date 2013-05
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780062130341 / 006213034X
- Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.37 x 0.9 in (20.32 x 13.64 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Fighter pilots - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012016117
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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