The ribbon is cut to the B-17F Memphis Belle Exhibit during a public ceremony on May 17, 2018: (left to right) Brian Pecon (Memphis Belle Memorial Association President), Col. Susan Richardson, USAF (Ret) (Chairman of the Air Force Museum Foundation Board of Trustees), Thomas Harrison (Student from England), Lt. Gen. Jack Hudson, USAF (Ret) (Museum Director), Lt. Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost (Air Force Director of Staff), Ms. Grace Ojala (Winner of the Museum's Writing Competition), Krista Strider (Museum Deputy Director), Joshua Cahoon (Winner of Museum's Aviation Art Competition).
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