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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Images from Istrana airbase, home of the 51° Stormo

On May 21, 2009, Matteo Marianeschi visited Istrana airbase to take some…

Green Lightning colour scheme detail

Courtesy of the Old Crow team (visit their site: http://www.oldcrow.it), here are the…

Special patches

For the event held in Trapani on Jun. 8 (to read more…

Trapani – 08.06.09 – “Cheero” and “Masa” achieve 1000 hours on the F-16 – part 2

Here's the second selection of pictures taken during at Trapani on June…

Trapani – 08.06.09 – "Cheero" and "Masa" achieve 1000 hours on the F-16 – part 1

On Jun. 8, the 37° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air…

The mysterious end of Air France flight 447 (AF447)

As everybody knows, on Jun 1, 2009, an Airbus 330 of the…