FDD sponsors educational opportunities for mid-career U.S. national security professionals. Alumni of these
programs are not FDD employees and join FDD’s National Security Network (NSN).
National Security Network Participant
FDD’s National Security Fellow
2025
2025
National Security Network Participant
Jensen Cheong
U.S. Department of Defense
Biography
Last updated: Jan 15, 2025
Jensen Cheong is a government civilian for the Department of the Air Force. Prior to his current position, he served as a legislative fellow on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is a former active-duty U.S. Air Force Captain with over seven years of experience as an air battle manager. He deployed three times in support of national objectives in the Middle East and in response to the Ukrainian crisis in Eastern Europe. Jensen graduated from and was commissioned through ROTC at Cornell University.