Colorado Wildfires: Record Breaking Havoc

Colorado Wildfires: Record Breaking Havoc

Smoky Skies at U.S. Air Force Academy

A T-38 Thunderbird on static display is surrounded by a rapidly spreading smoke cloud from the Waldo Canyon fire, not far from the Air Force Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, June 26, 2012. Firefighters struggled on Wed. to beat back an aggressive wildfire raging at the edge of Colorado Springs that has forced at least 35,000 people from their homes.

REUTERS/Mike Kaplan/U.S. Air Force Photo/Handout