The Army Airmobile Force (, 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)

  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

External links

• FAMET Home Page official site

• Colmenar Viejo Base -

• Home page of the Spanish Army