What he said.
I don't see why ED would hold this up much past Feb 27. This is highly anticipated, as are the other updates that are possibly headed our way on that date. It would certainly take some of the pressure off of them in regards to the F/A-18c.
The thing is though, as the days tic by - it feels like this date is less and less probable. IIRC, HB said they'd cancel the preorder sale 1 week prior to release. (edit - not true... this is corrected in post 79) That has not been done yet. Perhaps they're willing to budge on this though.
Either way, it's going to be a fun module when it gets released - I am sure.