pictures. they declared the inspection was a success. no more problems at minot, no more nuclear oopsies. what we learned is the inspection in march was not a big success. not only did the base earn a "d" letter grade when it came to their missile launch operations, look at the ap headline here. air force sidelined 17 nuke officers. after that inspection in march, the air force kwooily removed 17 officers at minot from the sensitive duty of standing 24 hour watch over the air force's most powerful nuclear missiles. despite asserting the mission was a success, the ap obtained an e-mail from a deputy commander who wrote after the inspection we are in a crisis right now. the cause of the crisis was described as rot in the crew force.