Look at F-35 overhype since the 90’s for clues..

F-35 over hyped? in what universe?
going to any comments section of F-35 news you will see a lot of amateur bashing it with their “knowledge”, “wisdom” from APA and defense issue blog

There was no end to what the F-35 should/could do back in the days.. which ended up today with what it can’t do.

It missed the sustained G and acceleration metrics but then there are alot of features people thought F-35 dont have, but turn out it do such as
_ Carry towed decoy
_ Have internal jammer that seperate from APG-81
_ Having IR reduction measures
_ coating working at wide frequency range not just X band
_ Powerful radar (previously thought to be weaker than APG-79)
_ Carry Meteor
… etc

No, they’re just different aircraft, the first one’s a C, the second a B model.
The angles are different on the other wing pylons aswell.

Are you sure about that ? as far as i know , their wing pylon between different version is the same

Not wingtip modification. The pylon was changed probably due to vibration or separation issues, this was pretty early on I believe. This is the manufactuer of the F-35 pylons with the different types:
http://www.aeroprecision.com/PDF/OEM_MARVIN_F-35_Brochure.pdf

I cant seem to find information regarding wing tip pylon modification there , Google Fu doesnt seem to help either
So do they change the pylon from canted downward to horizontal or other way round ?

I think that probably is visual illusion at work, because 2 aircraft have their nose at different AoA

Nahh , one of them parallel to the nose ,the other isnt

^ Can i see the patent? A bit curious , but if i recall correctly, isn’t spiral pattern require spiral antenna?

F-35 flares are 1″ x 1″, too small for chaff (IIRC).

I don’t think the F-35 has chaff for a simple reason: If the radar/missile is good enough to track a VLO target, it ain’t going to be fooled by simple chaff, hence the decoy.

Some chaff is small enough to be fitted into aircraft wing tip
http://saab.com/air/electronic-warfare/countermeasure-dispenser-systems/bol-advanced-countermeasure-dispenser/

Spring loaded pop-up head positioned on spine behind cockpit would be my choice.

Such as :

I did not pay attention to this before but why do cruise missiles like Harpoon, RBS-15, JSM, Storm shadow all use turbojet engines instead turbofan? they dont need high speed and doesn’t need high altitudes so what the point?