Original sentence: Central Command's request for access to an air base, the Karshi-Khanabad airfield, in southern Uzbekistan.Its structure was inherited from the Soviet armed forces, although it is moving toward a fully restructured organisation, which is to be based on motor rifle troops (motorised infantry) with some light and Special Forces.The Uzbek Armed Forces' equipment is not modern, and training, while improving, is neither uniform nor adequate for its new mission of territorial security
Edited sentence: Central Command's request for access to a vital military air base, Karshi-Khanabad Airbase, in southern Uzbekistan.Its structure is inherited from the Soviet armed forces, although it is moving rapidly toward a fully restructured organisation, which will eventually be built around light and Special Forces.The Uzbekistan Armed Forces equipment is not modern, and training, while improving, is neither uniform nor adequate for its new mission of territorial security