Spanish Army Airmobile Force

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Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra.
Spanish Army Airmobile Force
Coat of arms of the FAMET
Active1965-present
CountrySpain
BranchSpanish Army
TypeArmy aviation branch
RoleBattlefield support, battlefield transport and reconnaissance
Size5 battalions
104 aircraft[1]
Garrison/HQHQ - Colmenar Viejo - Madrid
Bétera (Valencia),
Agoncillo (La Rioja) (La Rioja),
Almagro (Ciudad Real),
Dos Hermanas (Sevilla),
San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife),
Detachment in Melilla.
Motto(s)Sicut in coelo et in terra
As well in the sky as in the ground
EngagementsIfni War (1957)
Insignia
Roundel
Fin Flash
Pilot Wings
Guidon
Aircraft flown
AttackBO-105, UH-1H, Tigre
PatrolEurocopter Cougar
ReconnaissanceEurocopter Cougar, Bell 212
TrainerEurocopter EC 135
TransportEurocopter Super Puma, Eurocopter Cougar, CH-47 Chinook, UH-1H
Spanish Eurocopter Tigre at Paris Air Show 2007
Spanish CH-47D Chinook with the new color scheme during a Special Operations exhibition in Santander

The Army Airmobile Force (Spanish: Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra, FAMET) is the army aviation branch of the Spanish Army. An Independent Army Aviation force was formed in 1965 as Aviación Ligera del Ejército de Tierra (Army Light Air Force) and renamed FAMET in 1973.

Organization

Order of Battle

Almagro (LEAO)
Batallón
(Battalion) 		Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELA I Eurocopter Tigre HA.28
Bétera/Valencia (LEBT)
Batallón
(Battalion) 		Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELEME II Eurocopter Super Puma
Eurocopter Cougar		 HU.21
HT.28
Agoncillo/Logroño (LELO)
Batallón
(Battalion) 		Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELMA III UH-1H
Eurocopter Cougar
NHI NH90		 HU.10
HT.27
HU.29
Sevilla/El Copero (LEEC)
Batallón
(Battalion) 		Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELMA IV Eurocopter Super Puma HT.21
CH-47 Chinook helicopter
Colmenar Viejo (LECV)
Batallón
(Battalion) 		Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELTRA V CH-47 Chinook HT.17
BTRANS/ FAMET HQ Eurocopter Super Puma AS-332VIP,AS-532L, AS-532AL HT.21HT.27,HT.28
CEFAMET Eurocopter EC 135 HE.26
PCMHEL Eurocopter Super Puma
Los Rodeos - Tenerife
Batallón
(Battalion) 		Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELMA VI Agusta-Bell 212 HU.18

Aircraft

Eurocopter AS332B1 Super Puma helicopter
Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
Agusta-Bell 212 Italy Rotorcraft Utility 6 [1]
Bell UH-1H Iroquois USA Rotorcraft Utility 14 [1]
Boeing CH-47D Chinook USA Rotorcraft Transport 17 [1]
Eurocopter AS332B1 Super Puma France Rotorcraft Transport 15 [1]
Eurocopter AS532UL Cougar France Rotorcraft Transport 14 [1]
Eurocopter EC-135 Germany Rotorcraft Trainer/utility 14 [1]
Eurocopter Tigre France/Germany/Spain Rotorcraft Attack 9 9 on order[1]
NHI NH90 France/Germany Rotorcraft Transport 1 21 on order[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "World Air Forces 2016". Flightglobal: 29. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ "BHELEME II". www.defensa.gob.es. Spanish Defence. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

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