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Before its closure due to a 1993 Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) decision, the base was also used as a staging area and departure point for aircraft participating in the annual Chicago Air & Water Show.

Following the 1993 BRAC decision, VP-60 and VP-90 were also slated for inactivation and their respective P-3B aircraft either distributed to other patrol squadrons or mothballed.

VR-51 was also inactivated concurrent with VP-60 and VP-90, with its C-9B aircraft similarly distributed to other VR squadrons or mothballed.

Unlike the two patrol squadrons, VR-51 was later reactivated in November 1997 as a Naval Reserve squadron at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, where it currently operates C-20G Gulfstream IV aircraft.

The majority of NAS Glenview's Naval Reserve reinforcing / sustaining units were also disestablished, with their reserve personnel either retiring from the Navy or transferring to other Regular Navy or Naval Reserve commands / units at other bases.