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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Air-to-air photography with the F-104D in 1964

Steve McCutcheon left two interesting comments on both my posts "Airborne pickup (rejoining…

F-104 MM6930 Special Colour: 999 or 9-99?

On Sep. 19, 2003, the 10th Gruppo Caccia, held an official ceremony…

Another restored F-104 leaving Grazzanise

During the visit at Grazzanise on Oct. 22nd, I took this picture…

Mil Mi 26's display at Rome Urbe

A Mil Mi 26T heavy transport helicopter (NATO code name "Halo"), the…

New F-104 restoration project discovered

On October 22nd I visited Grazzanise to fly with the AB.212ICOs of…

Birdstrike

Dal sito dell'Aeronautica Militare: Lunedì 5 novembre, presso l’aeroporto militare di Trapani,…