Dan Hampton Books in Order

Former F-16 pilot Dan Hampton recounts his combat service with the Wild Weasels, flying missions designed to locate and destroy enemy air defenses. His memoir describes the demands and dangers of modern aerial warfare.

The mercenary pilot known as the Sandman accepts a job intended to provoke conflict between Israel and its neighbors. When he becomes an assassination target, he goes underground to investigate the conspiracy behind his mission.

A former military officer known as the Sandman works as a rogue gun-for-hire while haunted by personal tragedy. His pursuit of revenge brings him into conflict with old allies and the American military establishment.

Dan Hampton traces the evolution of fighter pilots and air combat from World War I into the jet age. Aircraft, tactics, and individual aviators form a history of how control of the skies shaped modern warfare.

This history follows the first Wild Weasel crews tasked with countering surface-to-air missiles during the Vietnam War. Veteran interviews, personal papers, and declassified records document the dangerous development of tactics against a new aerial threat.

Dan Hampton reconstructs Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight from New York to Paris aboard the Spirit of St. Louis. Diaries, letters, and aviation records reveal the navigation challenges, exhaustion, and uncertainty behind the transatlantic journey.

This account examines the American test pilots and experimental aircraft involved in breaking the sound barrier after World War II. Chuck Yeager and George Welch figure in a story of technical ambition, risk, and disputed priority.

An intercepted itinerary gives American planners a chance to target Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in 1943. Hampton follows the pilots and preparations behind a long-range aerial ambush whose success depends on navigation, secrecy, and precise timing.

This biography follows Marine officer Bill Harris through the fall of the Philippines, escape attempts, and brutal Japanese captivity. Family materials and military records illuminate his resistance, resourcefulness, and efforts to help fellow prisoners survive.

Hampton examines the Doolittle Raid’s eighth bomber, which flew to the Soviet Union rather than following the other crews into China. Documents, photographs, and family accounts underpin his investigation of its route and possible secret mission.