Siri Skare

Siri Skare (6 June 1958 – 1 April 2011) was the first female aviator in the armed forces of Norway.

[1][3][4] She achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel within the Royal Norwegian Air Force.

[5] Skare became a military advisor to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, in August 2010.

[2] 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.

[1] 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.