Zhi -9 helicopter, equipped with appropriate equipment, can be used for personnel transportation, offshore support, aerial photography, maritime patrol, fish observation, forest protection and fire prevention, offshore oil exploitation, and can also be converted into special aircraft, anti-tank, maritime search and rescue, anti-submarine, reconnaissance and gun calibration, communications and other military helicopters.
Zhi 9 helicopter 1982 completed the first assembly. From 65438 to 0988, China began to be localized. 199265438+1October 16, straight -9 (straight -9A- 100) made its first flight. At the end of 1992, the technical appraisal of Zhi -9 China localization machine showed that the localization rate reached 72% and it was put into mass production.