Operation Restore
{{infobox military conflict
| conflict = Operation Restore
| partof = the Angolan Civil War
| image = {{Location map many | Angola
| width = 260
| float = right
| label = Andulo
| pos = left
| marksize = 8
| lat_deg = -11.483333
| lon_deg = 15.833333
| label2 = Bailundo
| pos2 = right
| mark2size = 6
| lat2_deg = -12.195833
| lon2_deg = 15.855556
| label3 = Nharea
| pos3 = right
| mark3size = 6
| lat3_deg = -11.166667
| lon3_deg = 17.25
| label4 = Mungo
| pos4 = right
| mark4size = 6
| lat4_deg = -11.666667
| lon4_deg = 16.166667
}}
| caption =
| date = September 1999 – December 1999
| place = Bié and Huambo Provinces, Angola
| territory =
| result = MPLA victory
| status = Jonas Savimbi flees to Lucusse in Moxico Province
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Angola}} Angola
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of UNITA.svg}} UNITA
| commander1 ={{flagicon|Angola}} Gen. João de Matos
| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of UNITA.svg}} Jonas Savimbi
| units1 = {{flag|Angola}}
- Angolan Army
- National Air Force of Angola
- Brazilian pilots (UNITA claim){{Cite web|url=https://irp.fas.org/world/para/docs/unita/en0510991.htm|title=KWACHA UNITA PRESS THE NATIONAL UNION FOR THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA UNITA STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE POLITICAL COMMISSION 1999 – Year of Generalised Popular Resistance – COMMUNIQUE NO. 39/CPP/99|website=Federation of American Scientists|access-date=3 December 2022|archive-date=5 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805192503/https://irp.fas.org/world/para/docs/unita/en0510991.htm|url-status=live}}
| units2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of UNITA.svg}} UNITA
- Unknown
| strength1 = {{flagicon|Angola}} Unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties2 = Unknown
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Angolan Civil War}}
}}
Operation Restore ({{langx|pt|Operaçao Restaurar}}) was a military operation that the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) conducted against the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and its militant wing, the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FALA). FAA carried out Operation Restore in late 1999 during the Angolan Civil War.{{cite book|last1=James|first1=W. Martin|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|year=2004|page=141}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/29/world/world-briefing.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=World briefing|work=New York Times|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=29 December 1999|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232509/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/29/world/world-briefing.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/28/chrismcgreal?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Rebels lose former HQ to Angolan army|last=McGreal|first=Chris|author-link=Chris McGreal|work=The Guardian|date=27 December 1999|access-date=20 January 2015}} Air support for the operation was provided by FAA Embraer EMB 312 Tucanos.{{Cite news|last=Mason|first=Barry|date=1999-11-16|title=Angola: MPLA inflicts new defeats on UNITA|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/11/ango-n16.html|website=World Socialist Web Site|publisher=International Committee of the Fourth International}} Per UNITA, the Tucanos were allegedly crewed by Brazilian pilots contracted by the Angolan government. UNITA subsequently declared "that anything within the Angolan national territory, identified as Brazil's interest, is... considered a target and will not be spared" from their attacks.
The FAA captured Andulo and Bailundo. By December, Chief of Staff General João de Matos said the FAA had destroyed 80% of FALA’s manpower and captured 15,000 tons of military equipment.