Operation Placid

Operation Placid
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War
Date 22 August 1979 (1979-08-22) Location Zambia 15°25′00″S 28°17′00″E / 15.416667°S 28.283333°E / -15.416667; 28.283333 Result Zimbabwe Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
Zimbabwe Rhodesia  South Africa	ZIPRA Zambia
Commanders and leaders
Abel Muzorewa	Unknown Unknown
Units involved
RhAF SADF SAAF 12 Squadron	Zambian Air Force
Strength
Zimbabwe Rhodesia: 2 Hawker Hunters 4 Canberras  South Africa: 3 Canberras	ZIPRA: Unknown  Zambia: 8 Shenyang J-6
Casualties and losses
none	ZIPRA: heavy  Zambia: none
Lusaka class=notpageimage| Location within Zambia

Operation Placid was a Rhodesian military operation in Zambia with clandestine assistance from the South African Air Force (SAAF) during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Rhodesian Air Force planned raids against a ZIPRA camps in Zambia on the northern Rhodesian border.