Make that '90's...typing too fast.
Actually I'd say it started in the 80s. I was on active duty, and in the Reserve and Guard from '73 to '78. Then I had a break in service until early '83, when I went back into the reserves. All except one Guard year was on regular AF bases. The difference was something you could feel and see. The esprite was back. There was still lots of bitterness among some of those who went through the '70s, but morale was generally pretty good, much better than before.