More remarkable is the extraordinary evolution that the Cuban pilots went through, adapting to new technology almost ... pilots enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and they intervened in the fatal ...

The US Air Force was meant to protect the ... This was a humiliation for the USA and the new President Kennedy. The USA boycott of Cuban goods meant that the Cubans were struggling to survive.

On 1st January, 1959, Cuban's right-wing government led by the dictator General Batista, was overthrown. Fidel Castro took control of Cuba. Political and economic tension rose between Cuba and the ...