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 I first was asked if I had news about the episode I thought of a hoax. I could not believe that any NATO chopper involved in Operation Unified Protector would ever dare to land […]
The video appears to be from the very first days of the Russian invasion. A short video surfaced online just few days ago showing the Ukrainian countryside being shelled by Russian artillery, with dense smoke […]
A Ukrainian attack jet almost “buzzed” bathers on a beach at a popular resort town in southeastern Ukraine amid growing tensions with Russia in the Sea of Azov. Su-25 attack jets are particularly comfortable at […]