Spanish Army Airmobile Force | |
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Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra | |
Founded | 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 | 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 |
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.