Some of the guys on New Wings Wargrounds today were saying that external views were on due to a bug in the latest update.

 

http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=43809

Here's the thread, I missed it earlier.

 

http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=353&t=43767

 

I see that you're aware of it Fred.

I found out about the bug right after we flew mission 1 in FIF,  At first, I thought that we had forgotten to turn off externals.  And then one of the BH guys mentioned it was a game problem.

 

I guess they have a hotfix coming. *crosses fingers*