Conventional for its day, it was a biplane with staggered wings powered by a Hispano-Suiza 8Fb 220 kW (300 hp) engine.

[2] Twenty examples were produced for the Aeronáutica Militar of the Spanish Army in 1925 and 1926, being incorporated in the Grupo IV unit at Melilla, along with the existing Bristol F-2b.

In February 1927 the AME VI were made part of the Escuela de Observadores training unit at Cuatro Vientos.

They remained in service until December 1931 when they were phased out during the military restructuring promoted by Manuel Azaña, the newly nominated Minister of War of the republican government.

Azaña's aim was to modernize the Spanish military and cut down the expenses of the state in the aftermath of the Great Depression.