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.
The “Buffs” arrived a few weeks after the departure of the B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. The U.S. Air Force deployed a Bomber Task Force of four B-52H and 350 airmen to RAF Fairford. The official […]
Mountain Home Air Force Base’s Strike Eagles are returning home from their deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Sporting uniquely distinct nicknames and corresponding nose art. 18 F-15E Strike Eagle jets belonging to the […]
The incredible story of how a paperclip avoided the loss of an XB-70 Valkyrie. On Apr. 30, 1966, the second XB-70 prototype, the Air Vehicle 2 (AV 2), suffered a short-circuit in the landing gear […]
