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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[Photo] AB.212 Twin Huey helicopter winching training in Malta

Taken on Nov. 7 by The Aviationist's contributor Estelle Calleja, the following…

New details about the epic B-52 mission to rescue a Cessna in Alaska

As we reported few weeks ago, on Nov. 10, two B-52s, launched…

F-22 will provide targeting for submarine based Tomahawk cruise missiles

In an interview General Hawk Carlisle gave to Breaking Defense, the PACAF commander…

Legendary U.S. Army Special Operations Force gets MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones

In May 2011, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) used two…

China’s Black Hawk helicopter clone makes first flight

On Dec. 23, at 14.11 Local Time, Chinese medium lift utility helicopter…

Interesting photos from Iran’s latest war games

On Dec. 20, Iran's air force started a military exercise in the…