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See what stood out at the special ops expo in Jordan

May 21, 2018

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SOFEX Under unseasonably overcast skies and high winds, SOFEX carried on for three days from May 8-10 in Amman, Jordan. A bird's eye view of the show captures a wide variety of air assets and law enforcement capability in the foreground. (Jen Judson/Staff)

About Jen Judson

Jen Judson is the land warfare reporter for Defense News. She has covered defense in the Washington area for 10 years. She was previously a reporter at Politico and Inside Defense. She won the National Press Club's best analytical reporting award in 2014 and was named the Defense Media Awards' best young defense journalist in 2018.

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