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The JMSDF chose S-70B as the successor to the Mitsubishi HSS-2B Sea King (a licence-built version of the Sikorsky Sea King). When the SH-X (later SH-60J) project started, it was immediately after HSS-2B was put into service, so initially it was planned to integrate a mission system of HSS-2B with a bare aircraft of SH-60B, but finally a system newly developed by the TRDI was adopted.
In 2017, a Japanese navy SH-60J, an earlier generation Seahawk, crashed during nighttime training due to human error, killing three crew. In July 2021, two SH-60s had a minor collision off the southern island of Amami Oshima, with both suffering blade damage, but causing no injuries.
Japanese investigators have determined that a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly crash last month of two Japanese navy SH-60K Seahawk helicopters, the country's defense minister ...
In the U.S., a fatal crash of a MH-60S Seahawk during training off California in 2021 was attributed to mechanical failure from unsuspected damage during maintenance, according to the Navy. Japan’s NHK public television said no weather advisories were issued in the area at the time of Saturday’s crash. 04/21/2024 04:03 -0400
The two SH-60 patrol helicopters were conducting anti-submarine exercises on Saturday night near Torishima in the remote Izu island group, off the southern coast of central Japan. Defense Minister ...
The crash in Japan also comes a year after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60 Blackhawk crashed off the southwestern island of Miyako due to an engine output problem known as “rollback,” leaving all 10 crew members dead. Japan’s NHK public television said no weather advisories were issued in the area at the time of Saturday’s crash.
Japan SAR / Transport 6 [8] Super King Air: United States Utility: 90: 5 [8] Helicopters; AgustaWestland AW101: Italy / United Kingdom: Minesweeper / Transport MCH-101 12 [8] 1 on order, more will be produced [9] Mitsubishi H-60: Japan / United States SAR SH-60J 10 [10] ASW SH-60K 73 [10] ASW SH-60L 12 on order [11] Improved version of SH-60K ...
sh-60j & sh-60k Military unit Fleet Air Squadron 22 ( 第22航空隊 , dainijuunikoukuutai ) (which is also referred to as HS-22 ) is a unit in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force .