26-Dec-18 - Second contingent of Spanish Army Aviation arrived to Iraq to assume Chinook and Cougar operations embedded on US Army 35th CAB. Deployed last May, they completed 150 missions, flew 700 hours, carried more than 5,100 passengers and over 350,000 pounds ~ 160.000 kg of cargo #TaskForceToro
30-May-18 - Spanish assault ship Juan Carlos I (L-61) arrived to Kuwait with Army Chinook and Cougar Helicopters and were received by the US Army 449th Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Buehring #deployment
04-Apr-18 - First announced in 2015, U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency reported a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) valued $1.3B to upgrade Spanish Army current 17 CH-47D Chinooks to the CH-47F type
20-Mar-18 - Spanish Army special forces took part of Exercise Halcon (Hawk) in preparation to their next deployment to Iraq as part of the Inherent Resolve Operation
25-Nov-14 - US Marines trained with Spanish soldiers from BHELTRA V in externally sling loading heavy equipment at Colmenar Viejo, Spain, No 18-19, 2014
13-Apr-10 - MADRID -- The Boeing Company today announced that it has successfully completed its industrial cooperation program for the third phase of the CH-47D Chinook rotorcraft upgrades performed for the Spanish Army's Airmobile Force, FAMET. Boeing finished the industrial cooperation program on schedule while exceeding the $80 million requirement, demonstrating the company's continued success in meeting its commitments.
