Japan MSDF retires MH-53Es

The final two JMSDF MH-53Es at the retirement ceremony for the type on March 3 at Iwakuni. USMC/Lance Cpl Joseph Abrego A RETIREMENT ceremony was held at Iwakuni on March 3 to mark the decommissioning of the Japan Maritime Self- Defense Force’s (JMSDF’s) Sikorsky MH-53Es. The last two of these helicopters that had remained in active service were used as a backdrop for the proceedings in a hangar at US Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. They comprised 8625 and 8631,