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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Syrian regime escalates air war: new video of Mil Mi-8 firing rockets

Yesterday, the first video of an Mi-8/Mi-17 using the side mounted machine…

Israeli F-15I to be equipped with removable probe for buddy air-to-air refueling in case of attack on Iran?

Even though nobody knows if an attack on Iranian nuclear program will…

First video of a Syrian helicopter gunship attacking rebels near Azaz, northwest of Aleppo

The following video, brought to my attention by Bjørn Holst Jespersen shows…

Video: AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

Update Mar. 21 18.20 GMT An AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes into the…