Dick Stenberg
| Dick Stenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 January 1921 Falun, Sweden |
| Died | 27 September 2004 (aged 83) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Buried at | Bromma Cemetery |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Air Force |
| Years of service | 1942–1982 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
F 18 Tullinge Air Staff Chief of the Air Force |
| Battles/wars | Congo Crisis |
Dick Stenberg (21 January 1921 – 27 September 2004) was a Swedish Air Force lieutenant general. Stenberg became an officer in 1942 and was later the commanding officer of F 18 Tullinge and Chief of the Air Staff. Stenberg ended his military career with the position of Chief of the Air Force from 1973 to 1982.
Stenberg was born in Falun, Sweden, the son of foreman Karl Edvard Stenberg and his wife Karin (née Olofsson). He passed studentexamen at the Higher General Grammar School for Boys in Södermalm (Södra Latin) in on 10 May 1939. Stenberg became an officer aspirant in the Swedish Air Force on 16 June 1939 and he became an officer and fänrik there on 24 March 1942. He was a flight instructor at the Royal Air Force Flight Academy (F 5) from 1942 to 1948 and he was promoted to löjtnant on 14 April 1944. Stenberg underwent flight instructor courses at the Royal Air Force Flight Academy from 1944 to 1948 and was admitted to the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College in Stockholm in 1948 and he was promoted to kapten on 1 April 1949. He was then a fighter pilot and was squadron leader at F 8 Barkarby from 1949 to 1954 and became major on 1 October 1954 and was head of the Aviation Department at F 18 Tullinge in 1955.
Stenberg became chief of staff of the Third Air Command (Tredje flygeskadern, E 3) on 1 May 1957 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 October 1958 and was appointed head of the Aviation and Air Defence Department at the Defence Staff on 1 April 1960. He was aviation commander of the 22 U.N. Fighter Squadron (F 22) in Congo during the Congo Crisis from November 1962 to April 1963. The core if the Swedish squadron consisted its 11 Saab 29 Tunnan. Stenberg co-operated there with Sven Lampell, his former classmate from Södra Latin. Back in Sweden, he was promoted to colonel and appointed commanding officer of F 18 Tullinge on 1 April (took office on 1 May) 1963.
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