Operation Vanity | |
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Part of the Rhodesian Bush War | |
Location | Angola |
Planned by | Rhodesia |
Target | ZIPRA |
Date | 25–26 February 1979 |
Operation Vanity was a Rhodesian military operation in Angola with clandestine assistance from the South African Air Force (SAAF) during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Rhodesian Air Force planned a retaliatory raid against a ZIPRA camp in Angola after a second Air Rhodesia Viscount was shot down on 12 February 1979.[1]: 157