Operation Vanity
| Operation Vanity | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Rhodesian Bush War | |
| Location | Angola %22%3E%3Ctext%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%20dominant-baseline%3D%22middle%22%20fill%3D%22%2354595d%22%20font-size%3D%2216%22%20font-family%3D%22sans-serif%22%3EOperation%20Vanity%20is%20located%20in%20Angola%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)  Luso Operation Vanity (Angola) |
| Planned by |  Rhodesia |
| Target |  ZIPRA |
| Objective | Destroy ZIPRA camp nearby Luso, Angola. |
| Date | 25–26 February 1979 |
| Outcome | Rhodesian Bombing Success |
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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.