SEC. 545. AIR RESERVE TECHNICIANS. The Secretary of the Air Force shall carry out the High-Year Tenure (HYT) program of the Air Force Reserve so as not to require the removal of an Air Reserve technician from active status as a Reservist before attaining age 60 if the technician has a total of not less than 33 years of active duty and reserve military service before January 1, 1992, and who is otherwise qualified for retention as an Air Reserve technician.