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My name is David Cenciotti and I was born in Rome in 1975. I'm a freelance Aviation Journalist, Writer, Geek, Expert, Evangelist & Guru. I'm a private pilot, a former 2nd Lt. of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) and a graduate in Computer Engineering.
As a freelance journalist I’ve been writing since 1996 for major worldwide magazines covering military and civil aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime, and cyberwar.
My work has appeared on Air Forces Monthly, Revista Força Aérea, Fighter Tactics, Combat Aircraft, Aeronautica & Difesa, Airline, RID, Rivista Aeronautica, Airplanes and Tech News Daily, and I'm regularly interviewed by newspapers, televisions and radios.
Find out more information about my articles, books, interviews, citations and reports published all around the world here: http://theaviationist.com/newsstand/
and follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/cencio4
My pictures have been used not only to illustrate my articles, but also for magazine’s front covers, squadron and air forces’ calendars, websites, brochures and books.
During my career as a journalist, I have had the opportunity to fly with many aircraft (from supersonic jets to combat helicopters) and I'm one of the few civilians proudly wearing the “1 flight hour on the TF-104” patch to witness my flight with the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. 
I’m the author of four books; among them, the famous best-seller "Frecce Tricolori - an exciting 50 year flight" published by DeAgostini in 2010, the only official book of the Italian Air Force for the 50th Anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori display team.
As an Information Security opinion leader and expert, I have been working for more than 10 years with large organizations analyzing their network architectures, assets, threats, security requirements and procedures, to manage their risks by means of proper countermeasures. I'm a Lead Auditor ISO 27001, ITIL v3 certified, and I have several more professional certifications.
This weblog is a place to talk about Aviation, Defence, Information Security & Cyberwar, and much more.
It gets +3.000 unique visitors each day from all around the world.
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The official Frecce Tricolori 50th Anniversary book
My new work, the official book of the Italian Air Force for the 50th Anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori display team will be soon available. 128 pages 44 x 30 cm.
Visit this site for more information in the following weeks (copies of the book signed by the author will be available only for copies ordered through this website.
To order a copy, click here
Il mio nuovo libro, la pubblicazione ufficiale dell'Aeronautica Militare per i 50 anni delle Frecce Tricolori sarà disponibile prossimamente. 128 pagine, formato chiuso 44 x 30 cm, copertina rigida con sovracoperta. Visita questo sito per ulteriori informazioni (le copie firmate dall'autore saranno disponibili solo per ordini eseguiti attraverso questo sito).
Per acquistare il libro cliccare qui
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- Photo: Is this the first Taliban-made drone, ever? May 19, 2012Update May 19, 2012 21.18 GMT The following pictures, courtesy of the Helmand Governor’s Media Center, show what looks like a small drone that was discovered along with poppy, small arms, ammunitions and other materials used to make improvised explosive devices (IED), by the Afghanistan’s National Department of Security in the Nar-e-Seraj district of Helmand […]
- Largest U.S. exercise in Middle East furtively taking place in Jordan. Involving 19 countries and 12,000 military May 19, 2012Almost ignored by some media outlets, a major strategic theater cooperation exercise including 19 countries and more than 12,000 participants is currently taking place in Jordan. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says that the Eager Lion 2012 is “the largest annual exercise in the Central Command area of operations” whose is aim is “to strengthen military-to-mi […]
- Infographic: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Flypast May 19, 2012On Saturday May 19, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her first 60 years as monarch. Here are the graphics that explain how the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, a flypast of over 80 aircraft (more than those taking part to the previous editions) belonging to the British air arms, will take place. Source: Royal Air Force Two Temporary […]
- Apocalypse now-like scene: 10 AH-64 Apache and 6 UH-60 Black Hawk choppers arrive at Joint Base Lewis-McChord May 18, 2012Something you don’t see every day: ten AH-64 Apache and six UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters belonging to the 1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, based at Fort Hood, Texas, arrive at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, where the unit is relocating, on May 11. The 1-229th Avn. Regt. is an attack reconnaissance battalion. The video needs only a […]
- Stealth Black Hawks! But it’s only another Hangar Foam Party. May 18, 2012After publishing the articles about Eglin Air Force Base, Charleston AFB and Portland ANGB with images showing several hangars filled with foam after fire suppression systems accidentally went off at various U.S. bases, a reader of my blog sent me the following photographs. Thet show the hangar floor and eight helicopters covered with 7 feet […]
- “You are cleared to the scrap yard”: Italy’s leased combat-proven F-16s returned to the U.S. to be cockooned again. May 18, 2012Updated May 18, 2012 17.00 GMT On May 8, eight of the remaining U.S. F-16 fighter jets leased by the Italian Air Force to strengthen Italy’s air defense until the full maturity of the Eurofighter Typhoon made a stopover at Lajes Field, Azores, on their way back to the U.S. The aircraft had departed from […]
- Stealth Yanshuf: the Israeli top secret radar-evading chopper used to drop spies in Iran May 17, 2012According to F. Michael Maloof, a former Pentagon senior policy analyst the Israeli Air Force is equipped with the same Stealth Black Hawk helicopter used by the U.S. Navy SEALs to kill Osama Bin Laden last year. Believed to be an exclusive U.S. “black project”, the radar-evading chopper (most probably a quiet one, rather than […]
- Video: First flight of China’s second J-20 Mighty Dragon prototype May 17, 2012After the images appeared on the Chinese Internet few hours after the aircraft had landed, a video showing the China’s second J-20 stealth fighter prototype performing its first flight at Chengdu on May 16, 2012 has just been uploaded to Youtube. Soundtrack aside, the video is enjoyable as it gives the opportunity to see the […]
- Langley’s F-22 pilot oxygen emergency during Red Flag caught on audio tape May 17, 2012The F-22 Raptor was among the players of the recent Red Flag 12-3 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Belonging to the 27th FS from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, the planes did not feature the famous Increment 3.1 that gives the stealthy fighters the capability to use air-to-surface weapons, and could only play the […]
- Video: Armed MQ-1 Predator drone quietly flying at low altitude over Elgin, Illinois May 16, 2012Filmed in Elgin, Illinois about 40 miles from Chicago, the following video (uploaded to Youtube on May 13) shows what seems to be an MQ-1 Predator drone. Armed with AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles. Noteworthy the drone is flying quite low (maybe to remain in visual contact with the ground below the clouds). Even if someone […]
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