A group of Bay of Pig veterans and their families pose next to a B-26 bomber, used in the Bay of Pig invasion, during the 60th anniversary of the Bay of Pig Invasion's ceremony at the Monument of the Brigade 2506 Air Force at the Miami Executive Airport in Miami, Florida, USA, 17 April 2021. The Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961 was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to topple Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The Brigade 2506 was formed in 1960, by Cuban exiles, to attempt military incursion to Cuba.