Viper Pilot: The Autobiography of One of America's Most Decorated Combat Pilots

by Dan Hampton Narrated by John Pruden

Overview

“Viper Pilot is fantastic....A great read!”
-Dale Brown, former USAF Captain and New York Times bestselling author of A Time for Patriots

Action-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.

Editorial Reviews

DECEMBER 2012 - AudioFile

John Pruden gives a confident and steady reading of LTC Dan Hampton’s memoir of a twenty-year career as a U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot. The listener gets a literal birds-eye view of both wars against Iraq, the bombing of the Khobar Towers, the War in Kosovo, and the immediate response to the 9/11 attacks, in addition to the end of the Cold War. Hampton’s specialty was to intentionally draw fire from surface-to-air missiles and antiaircraft guns and then destroy them, and he was very good at his job. Pruden’s baritone voice has a resonant quality that is a good fit for this hard-charging memoir of a hard-charging life. Complementing the narrative, he skillfully affects distinct, credible voices in the passages containing dialogue. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

DECEMBER 2012 - AudioFile

John Pruden gives a confident and steady reading of LTC Dan Hampton’s memoir of a twenty-year career as a U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot. The listener gets a literal birds-eye view of both wars against Iraq, the bombing of the Khobar Towers, the War in Kosovo, and the immediate response to the 9/11 attacks, in addition to the end of the Cold War. Hampton’s specialty was to intentionally draw fire from surface-to-air missiles and antiaircraft guns and then destroy them, and he was very good at his job. Pruden’s baritone voice has a resonant quality that is a good fit for this hard-charging memoir of a hard-charging life. Complementing the narrative, he skillfully affects distinct, credible voices in the passages containing dialogue. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170180646
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/02/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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