Title:
Viper pilot : a memoir of air combat / Dan Hampton.
ISBN:
9780062130358
9780062130341
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : William Morrow, [2012]
©2012
Physical Description:
337 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
"One of America's deadliest F-16 aviators"-- Dust jacket.
Contents:
Prologue: Angel of death -- YGBSM -- Cold war and hot times -- The elephant -- Fly like an Egyptian -- Patchwearer -- Intermission -- Shock and awe -- Sandstorm -- The valley of the shadow -- SAMbush -- ELI 33 -- Endgame.
Summary:
From 1986 to 2006, Lt. Col. Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, the elite Air Force fighter squadrons whose mission is recognized as the most dangerous job in modern air combat. Weasels are the first planes sent into a war zone, flying deep behind enemy lines purposely seeking to draw fire from surface-to-air missiles and artillery. Hampton's record number of strikes on high-value targets make him the most lethal F-16 Wild Weasel pilot in American history. Hampton spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq, leading the first flight of fighters over the border en route to strike Baghdad.--From publisher description.
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OCLC Number:
ocn777621138
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
