U.S. Staff Sgt. Thomas Lankford and deployed members of the 378th Expeditionary Communications Squadron at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, present during the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) Innovation Oasis at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Apr. 19, 2023. The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) Innovation Oasis was a Shark-Tank style competition to attain innovative solutions, inventions and ideas. Lankford and his team won the 9 AF (AFCENT) Innovation Oasis and will present at the U.S. Central Command Innovation Oasis competition at MacDill AFB, Florida, May 25.