In 1985, the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) ordered eleven Sikorsky S-80M-1, similar to US Navy MH-53E Sea Dragons for aerial mine counter measures. Sikorsky built all 11 airframes, deliveries starting in 1989, replacing seven KV-107/IIA-3 helicopters. One S-80M-1 was lost in an operational accident. The remaining ten are being replaced from 2007 by fourteen MH-101 Merlins.
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| 65-540 | | 8621 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-540, ff?; N72653 test reg; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8621 unk...
| N72653: Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-540, ff?; N72653 test reg; del...
| | 65-542 | | 8622 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-542, ff?; N72658 test reg; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8622 unk...
| N72658: Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-542, ff?; N72658 test reg; del...
| | 65-543 | | 8623 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-543, ff?; N72661 test reg; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8623 unk...
| N72661: Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-543, ff?; N72661 test reg; del...
| | 65-548 | | 8624 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-548, ff?; N72668 test reg; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8624 unk...
| N72668: Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-548, ff?; N72668 test reg; del...
| | 65-563 | | 8625 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-563, ff:?; reg Sikorsky as N7267Y, unk; del JMSDF as S-...
| N7267Y: Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-563, ff:?; reg Sikorsky as N72...
| | 65-564 w/o 1995 | | 8626 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-564, ff:?; reg Sikorsky as N7267Z, unk; del JMSDF as S-...
| | | 65-583 | | 8627 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-583, ff?; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8627 unk; xfer 111 Kokuta...
| | | 65-585 | | 8628 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-585, ff?; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8628 unk; xfer 111 Kokuta...
| | | 65-586 | | 8629 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-586, ff?; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8629 unk; xfer 111 Kokuta...
| | | 65-587 | | 8630 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-587, ff?; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8630 unk; xfer 111 Kokuta...
| | | 65-610 | | 8631 Sikorsky S-80M-1, c/n 65-610, ff?; del JMSDF as MH-53E 8631 unk; xfer 111 Kokuta...
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