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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U.S. and Moroccan F-16s train during largest Department of Defense exercise in Africa

U.S. and Royal Moroccan Air Force F-16s have operated together during the…

Cool photograph of a head-on ultra-low level flying MiG-23 Flogger

Libyan Mig-23 Flogger performs insanely low flyby. Some videos showing FLAF (Free…

Awesome video of KC-10 refueling another KC-10 against a full moon….through IR vision

This incredible video was taken by a Damocles targeting pod. The video…

Rare video exposes U.S. Special Operations helicopters at work in north Iraq

A clip filmed with a smartphone shows a formation of Special Ops…

Audio and Video of the U.S. P-8A aircraft defying China’s Navy warnings to leave airspace over disputed islands

A P-8A Poseidon from Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 captures surveillance footage of…

Four U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt jets have deployed to Slovakia

A-10s continue their tour of eastern Europe. Four A-10 Thunderbolt II jets…