Hugh Englehart

  

Hugh Englehart
Secretary of Defense
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 February 2022
President	Isaac Dillon
Preceded by	Alexandra Goetz
Personal details
Born	(1966-04-12) April 12, 1966 Cedréville, Iowa, Superior
Political party	Independent
Education	King William Royal Air Force College
Religion	Protestantism
Military service
Allegiance	Superior
Branch/service	Superian Royal Air Force
Years of service	1983–2019
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Battles/wars	Syrian Civil War 2004 invasion of Syria
Awards	Commander of the Military Order of Ernest Augstus

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Englehart (born 23 June 1966) is a retired Superian Royal Air Force officer who has been the current Secretary of Defense of Superior since being appointed by President Isaac Dillon in February 2022. Previously he served as the Chief of the Air Force Staff, the head of the Royal Air Force of Superior, from 2016 to 2019.

Englehart served as a squadron commander before holding senior posts in the Air Force and the Department of Defense. Those included Vice Chief of the Strategic Command of Superior from 2013 to 2015 and CAFA Air Defense Commander from 2015 to 2016 before becoming the Chief of the Air Force Staff. He retired from the military in 2019. In October 2021 he co-authored a paper published with several other retired officers arguing that successive administrations had reduced the Superian Armed Forces in size and funding over the past two decades, undermining Superior's national defense and creating a potentially dangerous situation that could embolden the United Commonwealth. In February 2022, after the federal election in January, Englehart was appointed as Secretary of Defense in the Dillon Administration.

Early life

Hugh Englehart was born in 1966 in Cedréville, Iowa. His grandfather had fought in Great War I in the Superian Royal Army. After he graduated from Thedford High School, he was accepted into the King William Royal Air Force College in 1983. He graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering and was commissioned as a pilot officer in 1986.

Awards and decorations

• Commander of the Military Order of Ernest Augustus