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April 17, the Bay of Pigs Invasion
On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple ...
April 17th marks a day filled with events that have significantly shaped the course of history across various continents and ...
On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro’s Cuba government began. Poor ...
Yesterday, a rare Douglas A-26 Bomber flew into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Today, it will do a flyover ...
On the 63rd anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, four Alabama airmen who lost their lives during the mission were honored ...
This week marks 64 years since the 1961 landing of Cuban exiles on the southern shores of their homeland in what was, ...
Leo Baker, Wade Gray, Pete Ray and Riley Shamburger, members of the 117th Reconnaissance Wing Alabama Air National Guard, risked their lives as they invaded Cuba in a secretive CIA mission to ...
Some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion within three days.
The 106th Air Refueling Squadron of the Alabama Air National Guard, in collaboration with the Southern Museum of Flight and ...
April 16, 2025 Two girls were outside on school grounds arguing when one of the girls stabbed the other, police said. Weekday access to Waterton Canyon near Denver to close for two weeks April 16, ...