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      <title>Were army helicopters used to dry wheat in viral video?</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A video recently posted to social media showed helicopters hovering close to the ground over an open field. The caption claimed that the helicopters were being used to dry wheat.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, the claim is not true.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although it has still not been found where or when the video was recorded, it first emerged on TikTok a few days ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.bbc.com/urdu/articles/clkedynzwxno"&gt;BBC Urdu asked&lt;/a&gt; a former Army Aviation officer about whether the claim abotu drying wheat could be true.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The officer categorically said that the claim is fals since the helicopters seen in the video are in a formation commonly used by army helicopters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He also identified that the helicopters, most of them Cobras, are fighter aircrafts in nature and are unlikely to be used for such an exercise.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The officer told the BBC that such formations are used in training to simulate situations where the helicopters have to arrange themselves just before undertaking an attack.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;He added that the tree line visible in the video could seemingly serve as an imaginary landmark over which the enemy could be placed according to the simulation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The officer also added that such exercises are usually conducted in areas around Punjab in Multan and are announced in advance.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>A video recently posted to social media showed helicopters hovering close to the ground over an open field. The caption claimed that the helicopters were being used to dry wheat.</strong></p>
<p>However, the claim is not true.</p>
<p>Although it has still not been found where or when the video was recorded, it first emerged on TikTok a few days ago.</p>
<p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.bbc.com/urdu/articles/clkedynzwxno">BBC Urdu asked</a> a former Army Aviation officer about whether the claim abotu drying wheat could be true.</p>
<p>The officer categorically said that the claim is fals since the helicopters seen in the video are in a formation commonly used by army helicopters.</p>
<p>He also identified that the helicopters, most of them Cobras, are fighter aircrafts in nature and are unlikely to be used for such an exercise.</p>
<blockquote class="blockquote-level-1">
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<p>The officer told the BBC that such formations are used in training to simulate situations where the helicopters have to arrange themselves just before undertaking an attack.</p>
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<p>He added that the tree line visible in the video could seemingly serve as an imaginary landmark over which the enemy could be placed according to the simulation.</p>
<p>The officer also added that such exercises are usually conducted in areas around Punjab in Multan and are announced in advance.</p>
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