David Cenciotti

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.
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First TLP Course To Integrate 5th and 4th Gen. Aircraft Successfully Completed At Amendola Air Base

TLP 18-4 saw the participation of the F-35 Lightning II for the…

A-10 Thunderbolt II Attack Aircraft’s Bomb Markings Explained

A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 124th Fighter Wing at Gowen Field…

Up Close And Personal With The A-10 Warthog’s Scorpion Helmet-Mounted Cueing System

Cockpit Video Brings You Aboard An A-10 Thunderbolt II during Operation Guardian…

Analysis: Tracking All The U.S. Intelligence Gathering Missions Over the Black Sea After The Kerch Strait Incident

The United States intensified its ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) presence in the…

RAF Typhoons Launch With Meteor BVR Air-to-Air Missiles For the First Time During QRA Mission

QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) mission was sparked by Russian Tu-160 bombers activity…

Australia’s First Two F-35A Jets Have Arrived Home At RAAF Williamtown

Australia’s first two locally-based F-35A fighter aircraft arrived on home soil today…