This is the true memoir of one US Air Force navigator’s journey from the schoolhouses of Air Training Command to the nuclear alerts of the Cold War to combat in a 35-year-old anachronism called the B-52. It is a first-hand account of life during the last days of Strategic Air Command, the early day of Air Combat Command and the ensuing military drawdown of the 1990s. From peacetime training exercises across the globe to combat operations in Desert Storm, Jim Clonts takes the reader inside the cockpit where life and death are seconds apart. Often comical, sometimes heart-pounding, other times tragic, WHEN PENGUINS FLEW AND WATER BURNED takes you into the world of military aviation, a crucible where warriors learn the true nature of character, conscience and mortality.
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By John Garbinski
Oct 15, 2009
"Jim Clonts Book is Exceptionally Well Written" Jim Clonts has written an exceptional personal account of the life of a B-52G Nav. I found that I could not put the book down. Mr. Clonts writes a truly personal account filled with pride, patroitism, fear, humor, and at times sheer terror. His account of activities on the Island of Diego Garcia during Desert Shield/Storm were particularily riveting for me, as Mr. Clonts served alongside my fellow patriots of the 42nd Bomb Wing. This book will not disappoint. Any true fan of the B-52 will love this.
