This essential attack failed, as the Americans miscalculated and weren’t able to hit as many Cuban planes as was planned (Jones, 2008). Almost no damage was made to Castro's air force, and the failed attack gave the communist Cubans a head start at defending their nation. News about the attack spread around Cuba and the United States quickly. This one miscalculation was enough to send the United States on a downward spiral into more conflict with the communist believers. Increased awareness of this failed air raid drove Kennedy to discard ideas of a second attack. Kennedy's logic behind the discontinuation of the air raids included the fact that as the information spread, Fidel Castro would have time to react and conjure up a plan for defense and retaliation (as he still had many air planes in tact). Trained exiles in Cuba, however, were still following their plan (or assigned mission) to overthrow the dictator. On April 17th, 1961, just two days after the failed air raid (which was enough time to spread the word of American attempt to attack Cuba) the Cuban exile invasion force attacked the beaches along the Bay of Pigs (Jones, 2008). Since the Cubans had already known about the plans of the Americans, they were nothing but prepared to put up a fight, as if they were waiting for the exiles to attack. Other factors contributed…