Complex sentence: The 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the closure of the base and in 1994, the installation closed with nearly half of the former base, including the runway, transferring to the Air Force Reserve to become Grissom Air Reserve Base.
Split into simpler sentences: The 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the closure of the base. In 1994, the installation closed, with nearly half of the former base, including the runway, transferring to the Air Force Reserve as Grissom Air Reserve Base.