Japanese Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon.Registration: 8631.Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon of the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF).The Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon is a modified version of the CH-53E Super Stallion for the Navy for its aerial mine-fighting role. The prototype of the MH-53E made its maiden flight in December 1981 after which the first production aircraft was commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1986. This picture was taken on 23 April 2014 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…