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Spanish Army Airmobile Force

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Active
  
1965-present

Branch
  
Spanish Army

Country
  
Spain

Type
  
Army aviation branch

Spanish Army Airmobile Force

Role
  
Battlefield support, battlefield transport and reconnaissance

Size
  
5 battalions104 aircraft

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.

Contents

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)

    • References

    Spanish Army Airmobile Force Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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