This was done so that the plane would use less fuel.
The big planes had been using the base for years, pulling out last year after the cold war ended.
That plane will use solar power during the day and a new type of fuel cell at night.
The plane uses two pilots; many other aircraft use three.
Small private planes use the airfield for general flight in the summer.
How would these damaged planes used to arrive at the airport?
It had a traffic of over 3,000 passengers in 2008 with 1,409 planes using the facilities.
And of course the planes using the fuel have to be built with the alloys.
In addition, he said, the planes are not only expensive to maintain but also used infrequently.
He said he did not know which planes were using the disks.