Dan "Two Dogs" 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 served in multiple wars, including the Gulf War, Kosovo War, and Iraq War. He was also involved in flying a sortie during the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Hampton was also wounded in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing.