Hehe I know how it goes. I go in bouts where I'm fairly active a few times a year, for a few weeks, then back on the grind.
I was thinking just now about the Air-bases. I think instead of ditching the +1 to movement you could just relocate them.
Irkutsk for Russia could be cool, since it'd be an incentive to guard the far east and could represent the Alaska-Siberia air route.
USA South Atlantic could also work, since it would still give you a way to transit into North Africa or Gibraltar without dropping onto Normandy. It could represent the Mid Atlantic route, from the lower US to Azores and North/West Africa.
The Halifax one I'd just keep as is, since it makes sense for the North Atlantic air route. The British base is not as powerful as the American airbase because Britain has less oil and fewer hitpoints to drop in a given round. If the Allied player uses the occasional air transport out of Canada to Normandy late in the game, I'd just think of it as like an entertaining quirk hehe. But I think those locations might be interesting, since it would encourage Russia to invest in some ground or maybe fighters for the far east for the range and air-transport bonus, and they could help paratroop into the far east backfield (where Japan's transport threat is currently pretty potent.) I think the gameplay for the western Allies would be much the same, US could still reach Greenland on the second turn or Gibraltar, but would also have some more reach into West Africa.
In this case the Airbases could kind of be thought of as the major air routes out of North America, into Europe/Asia.
The only one that I think to add would maybe be a base for the Australians, for overall Pacific/World balance. Might be a way to fire up the Australians a bit? hehe Could at least serve as a more significant secondary target for Japan as an incentive to take Australia. You'd have air transports occurring in the four corners basically. One for the North Atlantic (Britain), another for the South Atlantic (USA, and same deal on the Pacific North (USSR) and Pacific South (ANZAC.)
I think USA aid to Anzac could be fun, they have more oil to throw around. And Australia is always thirsty
