Based in Washington, Jen manages Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage.
Prior to taking on her current role, Jen was Aviation Week's Congressional Editor. Jen came to Aviation Week in March 2011 from Politico, where she covered the intersection of defense and politics. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Defense Daily, Inside the Army, The Other Paper and The Columbus Dispatch.
Jen received a Master’s degree in journalism as a Kiplinger Fellow at the Ohio State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.
In the midst of an ongoing lobbying fight over the fate of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the Air Force chief of staff is making a last-minute pitch to Congress to retain the service’s plan to retire the aircraft affectionately known as the Warthog. Gen. Mark Welsh, himself a former A-10 pilot, is casting his argument in economic terms: the Air Force stands to save $4.2 billion by retiring the A-10 fleet, he says.
