Dan Hampton is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who served in the U.S. Air Force from 1986 to 2006 . He flew 151 combat missions in the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and logged 726 career combat hours . Lt. Col ( Ret . ) Hampton is best known as a " Wild Weasel " , or Surface-to-Air ( SAM ) site killer , recording 21 hard kills on SAM sites . Hampton fought in multiple wars , including the Gulf War , Kosovo War , and Iraq War . He also flew combat air patrols during the terrroist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11 , 2001 . Hampton was also wounded in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing and again as a private military contractor in Baghdad
Khobar Towers bombing
Khobar Towers bombing
Dan "Two Dogs" Hampton