Edvin Dellert

Air High Marshal Edvin Dellert is a Human military officer from the Kingdom of Sweden on Earth. Dellert was appointed as the 376th Chief of the Air Staff of the UNSC Air Force on July 27th, 2556. Prior commands include service as Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Air Forces on Earth during the up until his reassignment to Air Staff, as well as Commander, Fifth Air Force and Commander, V Fighter Command.

Dellert is an accomplished strike fighter pilot logging over 17,000 flight hours in a variety of combat aircraft. As a fighter ace, Dellert has 223 confirmed victories attributed to his record.

Callsign
Dellert, then only a newly minted aviator, earned the callsign Backfire during Exercise RED BARON 2521 when he released his aircraft's flare countermeasures to ward off his opponent and wing commander, Colonel Raisa Lyzhychko. Though it worked, enabling Dellert to counter-maneuver into gun range and get the kill, he was ultimately reprimanded by the non-nonsense officer flying against him.

External

 * Official Military Record for ; Provided by the Ministry of Defense of the United Colonies of Earth. (Retrieved 2557.5.31)