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.
An F-35A flew a mission over Eastern Europe and could be tracked online. But don’t freak out about OPSEC: it was almost certainly done on purpose. In the morning on Sunday Feb. 27, 2022, at […]
Just in case someone had doubts about air superiority over Crimea. The Tupolev Tu-214SR is a Russian Special Mission Aircraft believed to act as a communication relay aircraft. This kind of aircraft is often dispatched […]
Military and law enforcement were mobilized to create a safety net during the visit, with a no fly zone around the city, fighters, helicopter, ISR and cUAS assets. On May 13, 2023, Ukrainian President Zelensky […]
One question … in this and other vids showing russian choppers invading all the Mi-24 (or whatever variant) have the gear down … Is there a reason for this ?
CUE….Ride of the Valkyries!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30QzJKCUekQ
One question … in this and other vids showing russian choppers invading all the Mi-24 (or whatever variant) have the gear down … Is there a reason for this ?