you think it'll be permanent? perhaps this is a sign AH2 is getting close to being released (not AH2-TOD, tho) - at which point all the timid moonlighters will get back their beloved cloak of darkness.
plenty of buffs to be seen... if buffers want their moment of glory, they should arrange escort and stuff.... i rarely, if ever see, "proper" missions in the MA. a hodgepodge of planes and a pigpile to a base under the aegis of yellow icons is not a "proper" mission.