Valérie André

**Valérie André** (Faransa pronunciation: [valeʁi ɑ̃dʁe] i; 21 Afrilu 1922 - 21 Janairu 2025) ta kasance Likitan kwakwalwa, Mai jirgin sama, kuma mace ta farko a cikin sojojin Faransa da ta kai matsayin Janar Janar, a 1976, a matsayin Babban Likita. A shekara ta 1981, an kara mata matsayi zuwa Sufeto Janar na Kiwon Lafiya . Matukin jirgi mai saukar ungulu, ita ce mace ta farko da ta tuka jirgi mai Helikofta a yankin yaƙi. Ta kuma kasance memba mai kafa Académie de l'air et de l'espace . 

As a member of the military, she was not addressed as "Madame la Générale" (a term reserved for spouses of generals) but as "General".

## Ayyukan soja
André ya fara ne a matsayin Kyaftin na Likita a Indochina a cikin 1948, ya riga ya zama ƙwararren parachutist da matukin jirgi, ban da kasancewa likitan soja. Yayinda take Indochina, ta fahimci cewa mafi wuya a cikin ayyukanta shine dawo da wadanda suka ji rauni, wadanda galibi suna makale a cikin daji. Ta koma Faransa don koyon yadda za a yi amfani da helikofta, sannan ta tashi daya zuwa Indochina. Daga 1952 zuwa 1953, ta yi amfani da jirage masu saukar ungulu 129 a cikin daji, ta ceci sojoji 165, kuma a lokuta biyu ta kammala tsalle-tsalle don kula da sojoji da suka ji rauni waɗanda ke buƙatar tiyata nan take.

Wani aikin da aka saba da shi ya faru ne a ranar 11 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1951, lokacin da wadanda suka mutu suna bukatar gaggawa na kwashewa daga Tu Vu a kan Black River. Jirgin saman da ke akwai, wanda aka ajiye a kusa da Saigon, an rushe shi, ya tashi zuwa Hanoi ta hanyar Bristol Freighter kuma ya sake haɗawa. Kyaftin André ya tashi zuwa Tu Vu duk da hazo mai nauyi da wuta mai kashe jirgin sama. A can, ta rarraba wadanda suka mutu, ta yi aiki a kan mafi yawan lokuta sannan ta tashi da wadanda suka ji rauni zuwa Hanoi, biyu a lokaci guda. Daga baya, an sanya ta a matsayin kwamandan jirgin kwashe wadanda suka mutu.

André ta ci gaba a Aljeriya a matsayin Kwamandan Kiwon Lafiya a shekarar 1960, inda ta kammala ayyukan yaki 365. Ta tashi zuwa matsayin Lieutenant Colonel na Kiwon Lafiya a 1965 sannan zuwa Medical Colonel a 1970. Tana da jimlar sa'o'i 3,200 na jirgin sama, kuma ta sami ambaton 7 na Croix de Guerre .

André na ɗaya daga cikin mata takwas da suka riƙe matsayi na Grand-cross (Great Cross) a cikin Legion of Honour, tare da Germaine Tillion, Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, Jacqueline na Romilly, Simone Rozès, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Yvette Farnoux da Gilberte Champion .

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Valérie André ita ce kawun ɗan siyasa André Santini . Ta rubuta tarin abubuwan tunawa guda biyu: Ici, Ventilateur! *Daga littafin jirgin sama.*  (Calmann-Lévy, 1954) da kuma Madam Janar (Perrin, 1988).

Ta mutu a Issy-les-Moulineaux a ranar 21 ga watan Janairun 2025, tana da shekaru 102. 

## Kayan ado

; Faransanci

* Grand-cross of the Legion of Honour (19 Disamba 1999); a baya Chevalier a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu 1953
* Grand-cross na Ordre National du Mérite a 1987, mace ta farko da ta karbi wannan bambanci.
* Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 tare da ambaton 7.
* Gicciye na Yakin Gidan Wasanni na waje
* Medal na Ƙarfin Soja
* Medal na tunawa na Indochina,
* Medal na Jirgin Sama
* Medal na Sojoji na Sa kai (1944),
* Medal na Vermeil na sabis na kiwon lafiya
* Babban lambar yabo ta zinariya ta Aero-club na Faransa

; Kayan ado na kasashen waje

* Legion of Merit (Amurka) 
* Tsarin kasa na Vietnam
* Cross of Valour (Kanada) 

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