LTC (Ret.) Dan “Two Canines” Hampton was a profession fighter pilot who flew F-16s in a number of wars from the primary Gulf Conflict to Kosovo to Operation Iraqi Freedom over a 20 yr profession. He’s a fighter pilot to the core with over 6,000 flight hours who earned 4 DFCs and eight Air Medals with Valor throughout 151 fight missions. He is additionally a graduate of the elite U.S. Air Power Fighter Weapons College.
Dan’s expertise looking SAMs and flying 500 knots beneath 300’ give a surreal perspective of life contained in the cockpit. He describes his expertise from a younger, unafraid 25 yr outdated LT flying in Iraq in 1991 when he first “noticed the elephant” to the mature flight lead placing his personal life on the road a long time later, once more in Iraq however in opposition to a extra superior enemy.
He simply balances the close to loss of life adrenaline rushes that come at Mach velocity with the light-hearted post-flight actions all of us anticipate within the elite fighter pilot group.
Since retiring from service, Dan has written a bestselling memoir (Viper Pilot) and a number of novels and different non-fiction books, together with nationwide bestsellers Lords of the Sky and The Mercenary. His most up-to-date e book, Operation Vengeance, got here out in late 2020.
A frequent visitor analyst on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC discussing overseas affairs, army, aviation, and intelligence points, he has revealed in Aviation Historical past, the Journal of Digital Protection, Air Power Journal, Vietnam journal, and Airpower journal, and written a number of categorised tactical works for the USAF Weapons Evaluation.
Yow will discover Dan on Fb at https://www.fb.com/DanHamptonAuthor/ and discover his books on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Hampton/e/B008DI423W?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000.
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Present Notes
0:00 – Intro
1:00 – Dan’s bio.
2:14 – Aviation inspiration? Why turn into a fighter pilot?
3:36 – Why the Air Power and never the Marines like your father and grandfather?
4:53 – “It by no means crossed my thoughts to fail.”
6:04 – ‘Seeing the Elephant.’ A reference to Hannibal crossing the mountain passes into new lands with conflict elephants the place individuals had by no means seen these beasts. Seeing an elephant meant you’d come nose to nose with fight.
7:41 – Air Power Teacher Pilots and the ‘FAR Line’ (Fighter, Assault, Reconnaissance).
9:54 – First fight expertise within the first Gulf Conflict.
11:28 – Stationed in Turkey for the Gulf Conflict, which was good as a result of, in fact, there was an Officer’s Membership and you might drink.
12:52 – The F-16 position as a SAM hunter (SA-8, SA-6, by Srđan Popović).
19:54 – Submit-first fight flight and antics that happen at an O Membership.
24:56 – Description of an unbelievable post-9/11 mission in Iraq beneath an overcast cloud deck into enemy territory.
35:31 – Name Signal “Two Canines.” This one just isn’t PG-rated.
37:41 – Dan’s good luck allure/talisman that he carried on his missions is PRICELESS.
41:04 – Would you do it once more?
42:12 – When you might fly any plane, what wouldn’t it be? The Likelihood Vought F4U Corsair.
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