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Jakob de Place Bjoern currently serves as a Military Affairs Officer at the F-35 Joint Program Office since January 2022. Prior experience includes a role as Kaptajn at Flyvevåbnet, where responsibilities involved developing training for F-16 mission planners and improving self-protection systems for F-16 aircraft. Jakob has also held positions as Project Manager at Lakeside A/S and Captain in the Royal Danish Air Force, overseeing mission planning and evaluation for Fighter Wing Skrydstrup. Jakob de Place's military career spans from 1993 to June 2008, including their tenure as an operational F-16 pilot with the 726 Squadron. Jakob holds an MBA with a focus on Knowledge Management and Learning Processes from Syddansk Universitet and additional Master’s degrees in Business Administration from Aarhus University.