David Cenciotti is a freelance 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 four books.
One Su-27 Flanker aircraft supporting a special operation to regain control on a military airfield taken from pro-Moscow separatists was reportedly shot down. On Apr. 15, Ukrainian armed forces launched a special operation to recapture the […]
Vladimir Putin said that Russia will not reactivate the radar reconnaisance station in Cuba. Last week Russian newspaper Kommersant reported the news (that has been circulating for at least a couple of years) that there […]
Russian attack helicopter pilots must be used to fly well below treetop altitude. The opening phase of the recent invasion of Crimea saw Russian gunships cross the Strait of Kerch at very low altitude. In […]
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