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Various Brigade 2506 positions came under attack by Cuban infantry, who were later joined by Fidel Castro himself.

At 10:30 on April 18, Cuban troops, with armor support, took back a Brigade 2506 position at Playa Larga after Brigade troops had retreated.

Later that day, Cuban air forces attack a column of buses carrying the retreating men and supplies from Playa Larga to Punta Perdiz. The column was attacked with napalm and rockets and suffered heavy casualties.

April 19, Mad Dog Flight, the last air mission of the battle was made up of pilots from the Alabama Air Guard and CIA contract pilots. One out of five of the planes involved was shot down, and four Americans were killed.