He piloted a fighter jet over Florida in 1995, beat cancer in 1997, profiled three astronauts and shaken hands with two presidents. Jason served 11 months as a senior staff writer for the Air Force's flagship publication, Airman, from April 2001-May 2002. During that time, he covered the development of the F-22 fighter jet, the return of repatriated American remains from Vietnam, and provided the first Air Force retrospective of the events that followed 9-11. Sergeant Tudor was the first reporter of any kind to interview the Senior Airman Curtis Towne, the sole Air Force airman aboard the P-3 aircraft brought down over the South China Sea in April 2001.

Jason has deployed three times as a combat correspondent during the Iraq War, including a stint in Baghdad. In 2003, the Air Force named Jason its “public affairs noncommissioned officer of the year.” He has also been a nominee for the Air Force’s elite “12 Outstanding Airman of the Year” twice. Jason is the recipient of three Department of Defense Thomas Jefferson awards for writing, seven first-place Department of the Air Force awards for journalism, photography and illustration. He has also earned better than 110 other journalism and Air Force honors from federal, state and private organizations.

Jason – who still serves in the Air Force Reserve as a master sergeant -- lives in Georgia with his wife, Denise, and daughter, Annabelle.