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.
When the Egyptian Air Force started attacking Tel Aviv on May 15, 1948, the day after Israel announced independence, the Jewish state felt the need to respond to the Egyptian air raids. In spite of […]
The aircraft was launching for a patrol mission over Eastern Europe when it lost a wheel and was forced to perform a belly landing. As we have already reported, on Mar. 2, 2022, an F-16CM […]
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 […]