After Indian Air Force inducted Apache helicopters, a picture of the combat chopper surfaced on the internet which had ‘PKMKB’ written with the bullets.
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) September 3, 2019
At the time of filing this report, the above tweet was retweeted by over 2,000 Twitter users.
FACT CHECK
When NewsMobile fact-checked the above picture, we found it to be false.
On putting the picture through Reverse Image Search, we found the original picture and ‘PKMKB’ was not written, instead, the model of the Apache Helicopter – AH64E was written.
The original picture was Tweeted by the verified handle of DD News.
Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa: #Apache is an advanced multi-mission helicopter pic.twitter.com/niSY6LRzQR
— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) September 3, 2019
Hence, this proves that the viral picture is photoshopped. On digging further, the Twitter handle @Atheist_Krishna who posted the viral picture is popular on social media for posting such content for humour. His Twitter bio reads “I photoshop pics for PUN”.
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