I agree that the hangars represent the ability to launch aircraft, but along those same lines, a buff laying a string of 1K eggs down the runway, especially near each end where the spawn points are, would negate the defenders's ability to scramble. As it is, cratering the runway doesn't affect anything. I have tried it, and the enemy planes rolled right through the craters with no apparent problems.
That makes it more difficult for the attackers, as you have just wasted a load of eggs to blast a runway, and the blast damage has no effect on the defenders' ability to come after you. Same for the hangars....in a more "realistic" situation, cratering the spawn points, then dropping eggs at each end of the hangars would all but paralyze the defenders, much as in real life.
A little change toward this, to me, would actually enhance the game, and killing the buffs before they could paralyze the base would become of the utmost importance.
As for the phrase, "stratoubuffdweebs", try it first before you put them down. I flew a buff a few times, had a devil of a time defending the darn thing as whenever I rotated the turret or swiveled the guns to shoot at the attacker, the whole plane turned too, along with banking and tilting and generally rocking all over the place rather than continuing to fly straight. Defending the buff is harder than it looks.