David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
The first batch of six Rafale aircraft for the Hellenic Air Force has been ferried to their new home, with the rest following at the end of 2022. The Hellenic Air Force welcomed in Greece […]
The Egyptian Air Force has received the first three of 24 Rafale jets. Egypt has received the first three Rafale jets during a ceremony held at Istres airbase, in southern France on Jul. 20. The […]
As already mentioned earlier on The Aviationist (especially when discussing the famous claims by the German Eurofighter Typhoon pilots at Red Flag Alaska 2012) in November 2009, some 1st Fighter Wing’s Raptors from Langley AFB, […]
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