 | Rogelio
Acevedo Gonzáles | General.
President of the Cuban Civil Aviation Institute (IACC) |
| Enrique
Carreras Rolas | Division
General, Bay of Pigs veteran, one of the FAR leaders |
| Julio
Casas Regueiro | Division
General, DAAFAR´s Chief in 1980-1987 and 1999-2000 |
| Jaime
Gonzáles Grocier | Captain,
Pioneer of Cuban Aviacion |
| Rubén
Martínez Puente | Brigade
General, DAAFAR's Chief in 1987-1999 |
| Pedro
J. Mendiondo Gómez | Brigade
General, DAAFAR's Chief from 2000 |
| Antonio
Menéndez Peláez | Captain,
organizator of the flights Camaguey-Sevilla and Faro de Colón |
| Agustín
Parlá Orduña | Captain,
Pioneer of Cuban Aviation and the first Cuban Pilot |
| Rafael
del Pino Diaz | Brigade
General, veteran of Bay of Pigs and Angola, in 1987 flee to USA |
| Alvaro
Prendes Quintana | Colonel,
Bay of Pigs veteran, one of the FAR´s founders |
| Domingo
Rosillo del Toro | Cuban
Aviation Pioneer |
| Juan
Luis Silva Tablada | Pilot
of the Rebeld Air Force and Bay of Pigs |
| Arnaldo
Tamayo Méndez | Brigade
General, first Cuban and Latin American Astronaut |
| Mario
Torres Menier | Captain,
Air Corp´s Chief in 1925-1933 |
From left to right, the Bay of Pigs veterans Alvaro
Prendes, Rafael del Pino, and Enrique Carreras, with the First World Astronaut,
the Major of the Soviet VVS Yuri Gagarin (white uniform), one week after the battles.
Havana , April of 1961 (Photo from the book "Proa a la libertad")
