Choose the skin you prefer for the plane in the mission.
Choose the same load out and fuel and go to the base the mission is launching from.
When the "Score as Fighter or Attack" box comes up, launch instead of making a choice.
This keeps you in the mission in the skin
you want.
Hit ESC and choose fighter or attack.
You may also want to ask which runway before the mission starts so you're not going ---> while everyone else is going <----.
That never bothered me though.

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