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 (Spanish; Castilian: 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

• Headquarter (Colmenar Viejo - Madrid)
• Melilla Permanent Detachment -- (Melilla)

Order of Battle

• Attack Helicopter Battalion #1 -- BHELA I (Almagro - Ciudad Real)

• Emergency Helicopter Battalion # 2 -- BHELEME II (Bétera - Valencia)^[2]

• Maneuver Helicopter Battalion # 3 -- BHELMA III (Agoncillo - Logroño)

• Maneuver Helicopter Battalion # 4 -- BHELMA IV (El Copero - Sevilla)

• Transport Helicopter Battalion # 5 -- BHELTRA V (Colmenar Viejo - Madrid)
• FAMET Transmission Battalion -- BTRANS (Colmenar Viejo - Madrid)
• FAMET Logistic Support Unit -- ULOG (Colmenar Viejo - Madrid)
• Helicopter Maintenance Center -- PCMHEL (Colmenar Viejo - Madrid)
• FAMET Training Center -- CEFAMET (Colmenar Viejo - Madrid)
• Quarter service unit of "Coronel Maté" Base -- USBA "Coronel Maté" (Colmenar Viejo - Madrid)

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

• Maneuver Helicopter Battalion # 6 -- BHELMA VI (Los Rodeos - Tenerife)

Aircraft

|-| Agusta-Bell 212| | Rotorcraft| Utility|| 6|| ^[1] |-| Eurocopter AS332B1 Super Puma| / / | Rotorcraft| Transport|| 16|| ^[1] |-| Eurocopter AS532UL Cougar| / / | Rotorcraft| Transport|| 17|| ^[1] |-| Eurocopter EC-135| / | Rotorcraft| Trainer/utility|| 16| | ^[1] |-| Eurocopter Tiger| / / / | Rotorcraft| Attack| | 24|| ^[3] |-| NHI NH90| / / / | Rotorcraft| Transport|| 15| | 36 on order|-| Boeing CH-47D Chinook| | Rotorcraft| Transport| | 17

| 1 on order| To be upgraded to the CH-47F variant in 2019.^[4] |}

Historic Aircraft

• Bell UH-1B Iroquois
• Bell UH-1H Iroquois
• Boeing-Vertol CH-47C Chinook
• MBB Bo.105C

External links

• FAMET Home Page official site
• Colmenar Viejo Base - LECV
• Home page of the Spanish Army

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.
3. Web site: Spain takes delivery of last Tiger helicopter. 17 January 2020. Jane's Defense Weekly. Jane's.com. Ing. David . 19 January 2020.
4. Web site: Waldron . Greg . Boeing to upgrade Spain CH-47D fleet to -F standard . Flight Global . 4 January 2019 . https://archive.today/20190104213912/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-to-upgrade-spain-ch-47d-fleet-to-f-standard-454783/ . 4 January 2019 . Singapore . 4 January 2019 . live.