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. Air Force C-130H plane crashes during a firefighting mission in South Dakota

At 18.00LT on Jul. 1, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS)…

Pararescuemen training jumps from U.S. Air Force HC-130s

The following picture, was taken on Jun. 27, when pararescuemen with the…

Six Turkey’s F-16s scrambled on Syria border after Syrian helicopters came close to the Turkish airspace

Six Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from airbases in…