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Siri Skare (6 June 1958 – 1 April 2011) was the first female aviator in the armed forces of Norway. [1] She died during a demonstration in Mazar-i-Sharif in 2011 . Early life
He worked at the military airport at Gardermoen from 1952 to 1954 and at the air force staff academy from 1954 to 1956. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1953. From 1956 to 1959 he was the secretary-general of Norsk Aero Klubb. He then returned to the Air Force, and was promoted to colonel in 1962 and major general in 1968. [2]
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) (Norwegian: Luftforsvaret, lit. 'The Air Defence') is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximately 2,430 employees (officers, enlisted staff and civilians). 600 personnel also serve their ...
Birger Fredrik Motzfeldt OBE, CVO (22 February 1898 – 3 September 1987) was a Norwegian aviator and military officer. During World War II he administered the development of the Royal Norwegian Air Force in exile in Great Britain. During the Cold War he contributed to the development of a modernized air force in Norway.
Royal Air Force: 20: 10 May 1945: Sørkedalen, Oslo Municipality: Short Stirling: Royal Air Force: 24: 18 December 1945: Voksenkollen, Oslo Municipality: Douglas C-47 Skytrain: Royal Canadian Air Force: 17: 4 January 1946: Sirdal Municipality: Consolidated B-24 Liberator: Royal Air Force: 8: 22 May 1946: Snarøya, Bærum Municipality: Junkers ...
The Royal Norwegian Air Force’s school in Kjevik has a bronze relief of Balchen, a gift from Sons of Norway. In 2012, when the Norwegian Air Force celebrated their 100 year anniversary, «Norsk Militær Luftmakt 100 år», the first airshow was held at Kjevik outside Kristiansand and named «Bernt Balchen Airshow». [41]
Sven Aage Hauge (29 December 1923 – 31 May 1997) was a Norwegian military officer, a General of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. He served as Chief of Defence of Norway from 1982 to 1984. [1] He was trained and graduated as a fighter pilot in Little Norway during World War II in Canada in 1944, and later he also graduated as a naval officer.
Tonje Skinnarland (born 21 December 1967) is a Norwegian major general who served as Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 2017 to 2021. [1] In June 2021, she was appointed head of operations in the Defense Staff and took up the position in August of the same year. [2] [3]