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Spanish Army Airmobile Force
Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra
Coat of arms of the FAMET
Founded1965
CountrySpain
BranchSpanish Army
TypeArmy aviation branch
RoleBattlefield support, battlefield transport and reconnaissance
Size5 battalions
104 aircraft[1]
Garrison/HQHQ - 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
EngagementsIfni War (1957)
Insignia
Roundel
Fin Flash
Pilot Wings
Guidon
Aircraft flown
AttackBO-105, UH-1H, Tigre
PatrolEurocopter Cougar
ReconnaissanceEurocopter Cougar, Bell 212
TrainerEurocopter EC 135
TransportEurocopter Super Puma, Eurocopter Cougar, CH-47 Chinook, UH-1H
Spanish Eurocopter Tigre at Paris Air Show 2007
Spanish CH-47D Chinook with the new color scheme during a Special Operations exhibition in Santander

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.

  1. ^ "World Air Forces 2016". Flightglobal: 29. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

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