The only time I take to get a good look at fighter skins is when sitting on the runway waiting for squaddies to show up if we are grouping up. They are pretty cool and a lot of effort goes into them. I don't know if there is a solution, but it would be nice if we could look at them during the time it takes to get to and back from a fight. Important? Not really, but its almost like a waste of all the time and detail that guys spend on them. There's a lot of down time while in flight and adjusting sounds, looking for NOE raids and watching guys rant on 200 only fills so much.
The only solution I see is F3 available if no enemy is within a certain range, but then getting snapped back into cockpit view would save a lot of daydreaming pilots.