Why would the USAF be the last to know/admit the F35 has failed? It's been open knowledge for the rest of us for the last 10 years or so. I'm on record on the W

Why would the USAF be the last to know/admit the F35 has failed? It's been open knowledge for the rest of us for the last 10 years or so. I'm on record on the Webs for calling it today's 'Brewster Buffalo' Pilots' Graveyard for years. JM Greer called it the 'lard bucket' in his book "Twilight's Last Gleaming", also years ago.