Spanish Army Airmobile Force Explained

Unit Name:Spanish Army Airmobile Force
Native Name:Spanish; Castilian: Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra
Start Date:1965
Country:Spain
Branch:Spanish Army
Type:Army aviation branch
Role:Battlefield support, battlefield transport and reconnaissance
Size:5 battalions
104 aircraft[1]
Garrison:HQ - 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:Sicut in coelo et in terra
As well in the sky as in the ground
Battles:Ifni War (1957)
Identification Symbol Label:Roundel
Identification Symbol 2 Label:Fin Flash
Identification Symbol 3 Label:Pilot Wings
Identification Symbol 4 Label:Guidon
Aircraft Attack:BO-105, UH-1H, Tigre
Aircraft Recon:Eurocopter Cougar, Bell 212
Aircraft Patrol:Eurocopter Cougar
Aircraft Trainer:Eurocopter EC 135
Aircraft Transport:Eurocopter Super Puma, Eurocopter Cougar, CH-47 Chinook, UH-1H

The Army Airmobile Force (es|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

Colmenar Viejo (LECV)
Batallón
(Battalion)
Aircraft TypeCodesCoat of Arms
BHELTRA V HT.17
BTRANS/ FAMET HQ HT.21HT.27,HT.28
CEFAMET HE.26
PCMHEL

Historic Aircraft

External links

Notes and References

  1. World Air Forces 2016. Flightglobal. 29. 8 December 2016.
  2. Web site: BHELEME II . . www.defensa.gob.es . Spanish Defence. August 4, 2013.