Raptor
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Coverage of Raptor is fading : 6 signals on the latest tracked day, down 25% from its three-week baseline of 8, across 4 domains (down from 5 a week ago).
If Raptor matters to your work, attention is draining away — the pace of news no longer demands a daily check.
What’s changed
- 28 Years Later, a Single 1998 Amendment Is Still the Reason No US Ally Can Buy a US Air Force F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter · 19FortyFive · 2026-08-28
- The $350,000,000 US Air Force F-22 Raptor Can Do It All: Mach 2.25 Speeds, Can Beat Any Fighter on Earth Like the J-20 or Su-57 But Has 1 Problem That Can’t Ever Be Fixed · 19FortyFive · 2026-08-26
- Russia Thinks It Has a Real US Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35 Stealth Fighter Killer: The Record Is Clear · 19FortyFive · 2026-08-23
- It Would Have Cost $50,000,000,000 To Restart the F-22 Raptor ‘Factory’ and $259,000,000 Per Fighter: That Meant No More Can Ever Be Build · 19FortyFive · 2026-08-23
- 14 Years After the Last One Was Delivered, the US Air Force F-22 Raptor Is Still the Best Air Superiority Fighter Ever Built · 19FortyFive · 2026-08-23
- No Enemy Has Ever Shot Down a F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter. The US Navy Shot One Down Itself · 19FortyFive · 2026-08-28
What the reporting says
Across 36 tracked stories from 17 outlets, reporting on Raptor most often describes launches or releases (4), acquisition (2), public statements (1), military action (1).
It shows up alongside US Air Force (12), F 22 Raptor (15), F 35 (14), Lockheed Martin (9), F 22 (13), SpaceX (9), F 47 (8), China (8).
Two steps out: F 35s (through F 35, 14 shared stories on the weaker link); Navy (through F 35, 14 shared stories on the weaker link); Pentagon (through F 35, 14 shared stories on the weaker link); Russia (through F 35, 14 shared stories on the weaker link).
Tracked since May 29, with coverage on 17 separate days — concentrated in Defense Procurement and Aerospace Defense.