WORLD IN BRIEF : VIETNAM : Some Soviet Planes Leave Cam Ranh Bay
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The Soviet Union announced it has withdrawn some of its military aircraft from the Cam Ranh Bay base in Vietnam as part of overall defense cuts. Foreign Ministry spokesman Vadim Perfilyev told a news briefing in Moscow that MIG-23 fighters and TU-16 bombers were pulled out of Cam Ranh Bay.
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