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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Douglas C-47 Skytrain perfoms one of the lowest and craziest flybys ever

The following video shows a Douglas C-47 Skytrain (military version of the…

How two F-14 Tomcats shot down two Gaddafi’s MiG-23s, On This Day in 1989

U.S. Navy F-14 vs Libyan MiG-23. After two F-14 Tomcats from the…

Eighteen F-4E Phantom aircraft stage Elephant Walk in South Korea

Although not as numerous as some Elephant Walks we have seen in…

First impressive images of China’s Aircraft Carrier Battle Group

Images of China's aircraft carrier and its accompanying warships were released by…

A scene never to be repeated again: a sky filled with black stealth fighter jets

On Oct. 27, 2006, twenty-five Lockheed F-117A stealth jets flew over Heritage Park…

A-10, C-130 and F-16 aircraft under snowstorm at Bagram airfield, Afghanistan

First measurable snow of the 2013-2014 winter covered the U.S. aircraft based…