The world's only existing P-38 G Lightning fighter sits on vigilant watch over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as an subarctic dawn rapidly approaches, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. A P-38 G was the first airplane in Alaska to score aerial victory over Japanese in World War II. This plane crash landed on Attu Island in 1945, was salvaged in 1998 and now resides on permanent display at 3rd Wing Headquarters. Justin Connaher)

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