Lars-Erik Englund

Lieutenant General Lars-Erik Englund (23 March 1934 – 19 October 2010) was a Swedish Air Force officer. His senior appointments included military commander of the Upper Norrland Military District (Milo ÖN) from 1986 to 1988 and Chief of the Air Force/Chief of Air Force Command from 1988 to 1994.

Early life Englund was born on 23 March 1934 in Orsa, the son of Gunnar and his wife Berta Englund. The Englund family lived in Orsa until he had passed the first year of primary school (småskola). Then the family moved to Sya and he got to go to secondary school (realskola) in Linköping. When he had one year left, he moved to Storvik and there he went to the last year of school and graduated. Then he worked as a road worker and was involved in new installations. He was also engaged in a model aircraft club in Sya. He read a lot of literature about aviation and technology and his orientation in the area were well above average. He would later belong to the exclusive group in the Swedish Air Force called TTT, Tusen Timmar Tunnan ("Thousand Hours [in the] Barrel"), after having logged 1,512 flight hours in the Saab 29 Tunnan. Englund's career continued with further education with flight and staff training. He then underwent the Military Academy's higher staff course from 1966 to 1968. ) and was promoted to colonel in 1979. The year before, in 1978, he attended the Swedish National Defence College. Englund was deputy sector wing commander and wing commander of Uppland Wing (F 16/Se M) from 1981 to 1983. Englund became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, Section III, Air Warfare Studies, in 1983. to 30 June 1994 (when the new Swedish Armed Forces was established) and then Chief of Air Force Command from 1 July to 30 September 1994.

After retirement, he was advisor both in the defense industry and the academic world, including at Linköping University, Englund was also a board member of Svenska Dagbladet Foundation (Stiftelsen Svenska Dagbladet). On 1 January 1996, Englund was ordered to assist the Ministry of Defense to investigate the issue of continuing air traffic education in Sweden.

Personal life In 1954, Englund married Gunn Wendel (died in 1981).

Dates of rank 19?? – Second lieutenant 19?? – Lieutenant 19?? – Captain 1971 – Major 1972 – Lieutenant colonel 1979 – Colonel 1983 – Major general 1986 – Lieutenant general

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