F 22
A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 4 domains, including Aviation, Defense Procurement and Defense Tech Startups.
Coverage of F 22 is newly on the wire: 12 signals on the latest tracked day, level with its three-week baseline of 12, across 4 domains. That makes it the #315 most-covered of the 337 concerns we track.
If F 22 matters to your work, it just crossed our flagging thresholds — early and thin history, so watch whether the next few days confirm the move or fade it.
What’s changed
- China’s J-20 Was Not Built to Fight the US Air Force F-22 Raptor. Its Job Is to Kill the Tankers and Radar Planes Behind It and to Hit U.S. Bases in the Pacific. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-16
- The Eurofighter Typhoon First Flew in 1994 and Can Never Be Made Into the F-22 or F-35. In January 2026 the UK Signed a £453,500,000 Contract for 40 ECRS Mk2 Radars — About £11,300,000 Each — That Track Targets and Jam Enemy Sensors at the Same Time Across a 200-Degree Field of Regard. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-13
- Sweden’s Saab JAS-39 Gripen E Costs About $4,700 to $9,900 per Flight Hour Against $38,000 to $42,000 for an F-35A and Up to $68,000 for an F-22 Raptor. It Has No Stealth Airframe, and a Handful of Conscripts With 1 Technician Can Rearm It on a Public Road in Under 20 Minutes. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-13
- A $68,000,000 US Navy EA-18G Growler Simulated the Shootdown of a $143,000,000 US Air Force F-22 Raptor at Nellis in 2009. The Navy Pilot Painted an F-22 Silhouette on His Cockpit. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-10
- The US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Is Fighting In a World It Was Never Designed to Fly In · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-08
- The US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor Fighter Is Getting So Many Big Upgrades It Will Now Fly Until 2060 · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-07
What the reporting says
Across 32 tracked stories from 7 outlets, reporting on F 22 most often describes military action (3), public statements (2), disaster (2), ceasefire or deal (1), launches or releases (1).
It shows up alongside F 35 (28), Lockheed Martin (19), Raptor (15), F 22 Raptor (13), Pentagon (13), US Air Force (11), U S Air Force (10), Usaf (9).
Two steps out: China (through F 35, 28 shared stories on the weaker link); F 15 (through F 35, 28 shared stories on the weaker link); F 35s (through F 35, 28 shared stories on the weaker link); Iran (through F 35, 28 shared stories on the weaker link).
Tracked since May 7, with coverage on 15 separate days — concentrated in Defense Procurement.