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.
F-22 Raptors may be deployed to Europe as part of a Theater Security Package. It looks like the military build-up in eastern Europe may soon feature some multi-role stealth planes. In fact, according to Air […]
Moscow reinforces Belbek airbase in Crimea with 14 jets, including 4th Generation Su-27SMs. Russia continues to encircle Ukraine with air power: according to ITAR TASS news agency, Belbek airbase, in Crimea, was reinforced with ten […]
One of the two Italian Air Force G550 CAEW (Conformal Airborne Early Warning) aircraft flew a mission over Eastern Romania near the border with Moldova and Ukraine for 4 hours today. One of the two […]
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 ?