No, unfortunately the so called "F7A" Upgrade is
cosmetic only. It will strictly change the colour scheme and slightly adjust the look.
From now until midnight (PST) on November 11th you will have the opportunity to upgrade your current Hornet
into the style of an F7A Military Hornet...
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UPGRADE CLARIFICATIONS
To answer several common questions about the F7A upgrade:
The F7A upgrade does not change the base stats of the Hornet. It does not activate additional hardpoints or engine capacity. There will be an impact from the change in fuselage, as the silhouette of the ship will be altered.
The F7A upgrade does not remove the second seat from users who have purchased a Super Hornet.
Source :
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm ... rade-OfferUnless you want to fly around with an adjusted silhouette (which may be the only practical advantage), you may be better off just buying a military skin ($5). The only thing I can possibly think of is that the new silhouette might be less easy to detect than the previous one, but who knows, because we have not even seen what they have modeled.