Siri Skare
{{Short description|Norwegian aviator (1958–2011)}}
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Siri Skare (6 June 1958 – 1 April 2011) was the first female aviator in the armed forces of Norway.{{Cite news |last=Sandelson |first=Michael |date=7 April 2011 |title=Military mourns fallen officer |url=http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/military-mourns-fallen-officer/ |access-date=10 April 2011 |work=The Foreigner}} She died during a demonstration in Mazar-i-Sharif in 2011.
Early life
Skare was originally from Åndalsnes in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.{{Cite news |last=Berglund |first=Nina |date=2 April 2011 |title=Female pilot killed in Afghanistan |url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2011/04/02/female-pilot-killed-in-afghanistan/ |access-date=10 April 2011 |work=Views and News from Norway}} A resident of Oslo, Skare was married and had one child.
Career
Already a civilian pilot and flight instructor with more than 1400 hours,Aftenposten, 2 October 1984 she completed her military pilot training in 1984, and went on to fly Lockheed P-3 Orion at 333 Squadron and later Lockheed C-130 Hercules at 335 Squadron.Luftforsvarets historie, volume 3, p.202 "First female pilot completes her flight training at Corpus Christi NAS, Texas 11 May 1984", Duvsete 2004 She achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel within the Royal Norwegian Air Force.{{Cite web |date=2011-04-05 |title=In Memoriam of fallen colleagues in Mazar-i-Sharif and in Kabul |url=https://unama.unmissions.org/memoriam-fallen-colleagues-mazar-i-sharif-and-kabul |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=UNAMA |language=en}}
Skare became a military advisor to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, in August 2010.
Death
Skare was killed at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) compound during a protest in Mazar-i-Sharif on 1 April 2011, and two other UNAMA staff died along with their four armed security guards and a number of protesters.
Her remains were transported to a ceremony that was held in a hangar at Gardermoen, with Crown Prince Haakon and Minister of Defence Grete Faremo in attendance. Her grave is at Grytten Church in Rauma Municipality.{{Cite news |last=Berglund |first=Nina |date=7 April 2011 |title=Officer's body arrives back home |url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2011/04/07/officers-body-heading-home/ |access-date=10 April 2011 |work=Views and News from Norway}}
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Category:Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel
Category:Norwegian military personnel killed in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Category:Military personnel from Oslo
Category:People from Møre og Romsdal
Category:Norwegian female military personnel
Category:Women in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Category:Norwegian women aviators