Background
Berlijn, Dick L. was born on March 18, 1950 in Amsterdam.
Berlijn, Dick L. was born on March 18, 1950 in Amsterdam.
Student, Royal Military Academy, Breda, Netherlands, 1969. Student in Advanced Staff Course, Air Force Staff College, 1989—1991.
Military pilot trainee Dutch Military, Canada, 1973—1975, Newfoundland-5 trainee Twenthe Air Base, Netherlands, F-104 Starfighter trainee Leeuwarden Air Base, 1976, F-16 trainee, 1981, operations officer to Commander transition and conversion division Leeuwarden Air Base, 1983—1985, supervisor multinational Fighter Weapon Instruction Training Denmark, 1987, head Fighter Weapon Branch Tactical Air Command, 1988, head operations and training section Royal Netherlands Air Force Staff, chief flying operations Twenthe Air Base, 1992—1993, Commander F-16 detachment Italy, 1993, head Fighter Operations Division, 1994, air commodore, deputy chief operations Royal Netherlands Air Staff, 1995, deputy chief operations Defense Staff, head Defense Crisis Management Center, 1997, major general, Commander Tactical Air Force, 1998, commander-in-chief Royal Netherlands Air Force, 2000. General, chief defense staff Netherlands North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 2004—2008.
Married Elly Master of Arts Hermelink. 2 children.
