The F-22 is broken. Why is it still flying?

The Aviationist has an excellent article on the F-22's troubles and USAF leadership's attempt to fix the issues while keeping the plane in the air.

I won't rehash his work, just go to his blog to read the details.  What has me confused is General Hostage's statement...

“In a peacetime training circumstance, we want to operate at as low of risk is prudent for the level of training we get out of a mission,” he said. “When we go into combat, risk goes up, but the reason to assume that risk goes up as well.”

That's pure and utter bullshit.

This airplane should be grounded and everyone in the USAF knows it.

This is another example of dysfunctional leadership and a broken command structure.