Spanish Army Airmobile Force

Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra.
Spanish Army Airmobile Force
Coat of arms of the FAMET
Active 1965-present
Country Spain
Branch Spanish Army
Type Army aviation branch
Role Battlefield support, battlefield transport and reconnaissance
Size 5 battalions
104 aircraft[1]
Garrison/HQ 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(s) Sicut in coelo et in terra
As well in the sky as in the ground
Engagements Ifni War (1957)
Insignia
Roundel
Fin Flash
Pilot Wings
Guidon
Aircraft flown
Attack BO-105, UH-1H, Tigre
Patrol Eurocopter Cougar
Reconnaissance Eurocopter Cougar, Bell 212
Trainer Eurocopter EC 135
Transport Eurocopter 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 IEurocopter TigreHA.28
Bétera/Valencia (LEBT)
Batallón
(Battalion)		 Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELEME IIEurocopter Super Puma
Eurocopter Cougar		HU.21
HT.28
  • Maneuver Helicopter Battalion # 3 -- BHELMA III (Agoncillo - Logroño)
Agoncillo/Logroño (LELO)
Batallón
(Battalion)		 Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELMA IIIUH-1H
Eurocopter Cougar
NHI NH90		HU.10
HT.27
HU.29
  • Maneuver Helicopter Battalion # 4 -- BHELMA IV (El Copero - Sevilla)
Sevilla/El Copero (LEEC)
Batallón
(Battalion)		 Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELMA IVEurocopter Super PumaHT.21
CH-47 Chinook helicopter
Colmenar Viejo (LECV)
Batallón
(Battalion)		 Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELTRA VCH-47 ChinookHT.17
BTRANS/ FAMET HQEurocopter Super Puma AS-332VIP,AS-532L, AS-532AL HT.21HT.27,HT.28
CEFAMETEurocopter EC 135HE.26
PCMHELEurocopter Super Puma
Los Rodeos - Tenerife
Batallón
(Battalion)		 Aircraft Type Codes Coat of Arms
BHELMA VIAgusta-Bell 212HU.18

Aircraft

Eurocopter AS332B1 Super Puma helicopter
TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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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