Any guesses as to what aircraft this is? Doesn’t look like the triangles seen over North Sea oil rigs a few years ago.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Mystery-aircraft-over-Texas-draws-speculation-5357331.php

CBS ’60 Minutes’ on F-35 features comments by Pentagon systems guy,
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/getting-f-35-costs-under-control/

Some commentary and photos from Cyprus:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-29/us-stealth-drones-bombers-arrive-cyprus

And be sure to check the comments. Staged?

Remember Chuck Yeager? Here’s his opinion:
http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2013/05/chuck-yeager-americas-test-pilot-says-the-f-35-is-a-waste-of-money/

Thanks for the comparison

‘The F-22 cannot do the mission of the F-35

–no 2k Internal weapons
–no IRST
–no FLIR
–no STOVL
–no Navel version
–no Export version
–Difficult to upgrade avionics
–Much higher lifetime costs (the largest singe cost factor) would wipe out any development and acquisition cost savings.’
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If I were the PA acquiring assets for the land based I’d stay with the F-22, for the Naval the FA 18 would fill the void. But for the type of “wars” currently being “Fought”, an upgraded P-47 with eight .50s would be much more economical!

For the kind of “Wars” the U.S. has fought since 1945, something with eight wing mounted .50 Cal. would have been more effective, and….just a little less expensive, i.e. P-47.

As for the F-35, 100 delivered, here’s where we are;
http://www.alternet.org/fail-400-billion-military-jet-cant-fly-cloudy-weather

todays news F-35

Sorry, here’s todays news,

http://news.yahoo.com/f-35-fighter-forced-land-texas-en-route-011439147.html

Aircraft with no lights

I’ve lived in my area, South Western Connecticut, for 50 years, I know most of the air highway routes, and very few aircraft I’ve seen get more than a glance. Two weeks ago, in darkening twilight I observed an unknown traveling northeast at a quick pace at an estimated steady 4,000′. Said aircraft was very brightly lit with white lighting all along the bottom of the fuselage along with the customary lighting. Tonight, a week later the same aircraft, same heading, same lighting appeared again. This time, as it approached in the darkening sky every single light on it was extinguished in an instant. I can’t ever remember an aircraft totally darkened with not even the wing tip lights, nothing. Does anyone have any idea of what this could have been?