Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years (1986–2006) in the United States Air Force. For his service in the Iraq War, Kosovo conflict, and first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, five Meritorious Service medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School (TOGS), and USAF Special Operations School. A frequent guest analyst on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC discussing foreign affairs, military, aviation, and intelligence issues, he has published in Aviation History, the Journal of Electronic Defense, Air Force Magazine, Vietnam magazine, and Airpower magazine, and written several classified tactical works for the USAF Weapons Review. He is the author of the national bestsellers Viper Pilot and Lords of the Sky, as well as a novel, The Mercenary.

“Hampton is himself something of a legend—a fighter pilot who has written a well-regarded personal memoir and, more recently, The Flight, an impressive pilot’s-eye view of Charles Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic crossing. … The so-called sound barrier—the “demon” of Mr. Hampton’s title—had lured and terrified wartime pilots who experienced buffeting, crazy controls and sometimes death at very high speeds. … Dignified prose. … Lucid.” — Wall Street Journal“Impressive. ... Finely honed. ... Technically astute. ... Offers insight into the challenges faced by daring men who conquered the ‘demon.’” — Aviation History“Chasing the Demon flows very smoothly and tells a great story about the pioneers of high-speed flight, primarily from the pilots’ perspective. Whether you are a pilot, engineer, or an aviation-history enthusiast, reading Dan Hampton’s book is time well spent.” — John D. Anderson, Jr., Curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum“Chasing the Demon flows very smoothly and tells a great story about the pioneers of high-speed flight, primarily from the pilots’ perspective.” — JOHN D. ANDERSON, JR., curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years (1986–2006) in the United States Air Force. For his service in the Iraq War, Kosovo conflict, and first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, five Meritorious Service medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School (TOGS), and USAF Special Operations School. A frequent guest analyst on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC discussing foreign affairs, military, aviation, and intelligence issues, he has published in Aviation History, the Journal of Electronic Defense, Air Force Magazine, Vietnam magazine, and Airpower magazine, and written several classified tactical works for the USAF Weapons Review. He is the author of the national bestsellers Viper Pilot and Lords of the Sky, as well as a novel, The Mercenary.

“Hampton is himself something of a legend—a fighter pilot who has written a well-regarded personal memoir and, more recently, The Flight, an impressive pilot’s-eye view of Charles Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic crossing. … The so-called sound barrier—the “demon” of Mr. Hampton’s title—had lured and terrified wartime pilots who experienced buffeting, crazy controls and sometimes death at very high speeds. … Dignified prose. … Lucid.” — Wall Street Journal“Impressive. ... Finely honed. ... Technically astute. ... Offers insight into the challenges faced by daring men who conquered the ‘demon.’” — Aviation History“Chasing the Demon flows very smoothly and tells a great story about the pioneers of high-speed flight, primarily from the pilots’ perspective. Whether you are a pilot, engineer, or an aviation-history enthusiast, reading Dan Hampton’s book is time well spent.” — John D. Anderson, Jr., Curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum“Chasing the Demon flows very smoothly and tells a great story about the pioneers of high-speed flight, primarily from the pilots’ perspective.” — JOHN D. ANDERSON, JR., curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years (1986–2006) in the United States Air Force. For his service in the Iraq War, Kosovo conflict, and first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, five Meritorious Service medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School (TOGS), and USAF Special Operations School. A frequent guest analyst on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC discussing foreign affairs, military, aviation, and intelligence issues, he has published in Aviation History, the Journal of Electronic Defense, Air Force Magazine, Vietnam magazine, and Airpower magazine, and written several classified tactical works for the USAF Weapons Review. He is the author of the national bestsellers Viper Pilot and Lords of the Sky, as well as a novel, The Mercenary.

“Hampton is himself something of a legend—a fighter pilot who has written a well-regarded personal memoir and, more recently, The Flight, an impressive pilot’s-eye view of Charles Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic crossing. … The so-called sound barrier—the “demon” of Mr. Hampton’s title—had lured and terrified wartime pilots who experienced buffeting, crazy controls and sometimes death at very high speeds. … Dignified prose. … Lucid.” — Wall Street Journal“Impressive. ... Finely honed. ... Technically astute. ... Offers insight into the challenges faced by daring men who conquered the ‘demon.’” — Aviation History“Chasing the Demon flows very smoothly and tells a great story about the pioneers of high-speed flight, primarily from the pilots’ perspective. Whether you are a pilot, engineer, or an aviation-history enthusiast, reading Dan Hampton’s book is time well spent.” — John D. Anderson, Jr., Curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum“Chasing the Demon flows very smoothly and tells a great story about the pioneers of high-speed flight, primarily from the pilots’ perspective.” — JOHN D. ANDERSON, JR., curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum