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.
Follow:

Italy to operate a small fleet of MC-27J Praetorian gunships, special operations planes

During the Dubai airshow 2013, Alenia Aermacchi (a Finmeccanica Company) and the…

Shocking video shows Boeing 737 nosediving into tarmac and explode at Kazan airport

Shocking footage showing the Boeing 737 of the Tatarstan Airlines that crashed…

Iran unveiled its new strategic UAV. The biggest domestic drone to date.

At a ceremony held in Tehran and attented by Defense Minister Brigadier…

From the cockpit: F-16 solo, diving towards the ground while turning and releasing flares

Another amazing cockpit shot. This one was taken from the Solo Türk,…

This stunning fighter pilot selfie could be one of the last taken on a Brazilian Mirage 2000

Brazil operates a fleet of 12 Mirage 2000 single and two-seat fighter…

That’s what jumping from the cargo door of the C-130 Hercules looks like

Taken by a photographer of the Força Aérea Brasileira from the cargo…