Spanish Army Airmobile Force

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

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)

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

Aircraft

Historic Aircraft

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

References

^ a b c d e "World Air Forces 2016". Flightglobal: 29. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "BHELEME II". www.defensa.gob.es. Spanish Defence. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
^ Ing, David (17 January 2020). "Spain takes delivery of last Tiger helicopter". Jane's.com. Jane's Defense Weekly. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ Waldron, Greg (4 January 2019). "Boeing to upgrade Spain CH-47D fleet to -F standard". Flight Global. Singapore. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

External links

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FAMET Home Page official site (in Spanish)
Colmenar Viejo Base - LECV
Home page of the Spanish Army