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.
A new video shows the Su-24s and Ka-27 buzzing the American destroyer. The U.S. Navy has released new footage of two Russian Su-24M attack aircraft making low-altitude passes near USS Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile […]
Previous debriefings: Archive Notice for my readers: please don’t expect the usual daily updates for the next few days. For sure, I’ll provide new updates after Easter but I’m still deciding if the next will […]
Russian Air Force Su-34 Fullback attack planes have become frequent visitors of the Baltic region. On Dec. 8, two Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16s based at Malbork in Poland to provide NATO Baltic Air Policing […]