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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Cessna’s Scorpion low cost tactical jet makes first flight

Textron has announced that Cessna Aircraft Scorpion Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)/Strike aircraft…

Helicopter creates rain of flares at dusk to fight winter depression in Denmark

The Royal Danish Air Force operates a fleet of 14 EH-101 Merlin…

[Video] Assad Regime’s Mohajer 2 UAV reappears over Damascus

A couple of days ago, two Yasir drones were shot down (or…

[Infographic] Next-gen Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet takes to the skies

The first Eurofighter Typhoon of the so-called Tranche 3 standard, has started…

Impressive images of a Syrian attack plane firing rockets at ground target

Taken on Nov. 30, the following images show a Syrian Arab Air…

[Photo] When US Navy F-4 Phantom jets met Soviet Tu-95 Bear bombers

Close encounters between U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom fighter jets and Soviet Tu-95…