 On 1 October 1991 the wing was redesignated as the 36th Fighter Wing when the objective wing concept was implemented.The 525th Fighter Squadron was inactivated 31 March 1992 as part of the initial post Cold-War drawdown.Bitburg Air Base was part of the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure (or BRAC) process that saw the drawdown of many military facilities in a series of post-Cold War force reductions.