The beach at Playa Giron, a village with a small airstrip at the mouth of the Bay of Pigs, was the invaders' primary target. (To this day, it is referred to in Cuba as the Playa Giron invasion.) ...

1963 (UPI)-President Kennedy said Thursday that the United States never planned to provide air cover for the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.He also told a news conference that continuous ...

On Thursday, the 106th Air Refueling Squadron of the Alabama Air National Guard paid tribute to the lives and legacies of four servicemen who were killed in action during the Bay of Pigs Operation.

This week’s From the Archives comes from a March 6, 2021, article in the Naples Daily News by Harriet Howard Heithaus.

Convinced he had been betrayed by his military and intelligence advisors in the decision to launch the Bay of Pigs invasion, John Kennedy placed Cuba in the hands of the one man he knew he could ...

HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla. – Today, on the 63rd anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 1264, which strengthens Florida’s education standards that require teaching ...

President John F. Kennedy, left, walks along a path at Camp David near Thurmont, Md., with former President Dwight D.

So said President Kennedy just five days before the Bay of Pigs invasion. But some Americans did participate in that invasion—and the deaths of four U.S. flyers made belated headlines last week.

1963 (UPI)-President Kennedy said Thursday that the United States never planned to provide air cover for the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.He also told a news conference that continuous ...