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A memoir of one of America's elite aviators: a twenty-year battle-seasoned pilot who flew 151 combat missions in the world's most iconic fighter plane - the F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Viper as its pilots call it.Product Identifiers
PublisherWilliam Morrow, HarperCollins INC International Concepts
ISBN-100062130358
ISBN-139780062130358
eBay Product ID (ePID)117438012
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AuthorDan Hampton
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiographies & Autobiographies
GenreAutobiography: Historical, Political & Military
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Place of PublicationNew York
Pagination336
Content NoteIllustrations
Author BiographyU.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton served in the United States Air Force for twenty years (1986-2006). For his service in the Iraq War, the Kosovo conflict, and the first Gulf War, he received three Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, seven Air Force Medals with Valor, four Meritorious Service Medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the elite USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School (TOGS), and USAF Special Operations School. Hampton was named his squadron's Instructor Pilot of the Year six times and pioneered air-combat tactics that are now standard. He has written for the Journal of Electronic Defense, Air Force Magazine, Airpower Magazine, and several classified tactical works for the USAF Fighter Weapons Review. A graduate of Texas A and M University, Col. Hampton lives outside Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Out-Of-Print Date29/07/2015
Date of Publication02/10/2012
Country of PublicationUnited States