At 18:00 on 2 November, two days after the carrying out of Operation Firewood, 2 x enemy MiG fighters approached the Mupa area from a northwesterly direction, flying at very low altitudes, and launched an air-to-ground missile attack on the positions of SADF soldiers. Five members of the SADF were injured during the air strike

Task Force Zulu encountered strong opposition upon their arrival at Catengue. After repeated attacks and only after deploying two Vickers machineguns to support the attack on the left flank, the FAPLA opposition crumbled by around 18h00, fleeing from the town