MINOT (AP) - The commander of Minot Air Force Base says he is disappointed that a recent inspection found problems with the base's 5th Bomb Wing but that the inspection results were not all bad.

"The commander of Air Combat Command looked at all the results and across the board made a determination … that we are still capable of doing our mission," Col. Joel Westa said. "Do we have areas we need to work on? Absolutely. Does it affect the overall safe, secure and reliable work we do? No."

The bomb wing, which was blamed for a foul-up last August in which a B-52 bomber mistakenly flew to Louisiana armed with nuclear missiles, will have to be retested in about three months.

"The areas that were identified as needing work we are right now doing a thorough assessment, training exercises to get those areas up to the level they need to be at," Westa said.

The Air Force did not release the inspection findings. The Air Force Times, citing a copy of the report, said the base received an unsatisfactory grade and that inspectors found security breakdowns during mock attacks at the base.

Westa said much of the feedback was positive. He said an explosives disposal team was reported as "flawless" and that inspectors rated the Minot command post the best in Air Combat Command.

"It is an inspection, and inspections are designed to help us improve," Westa said. "We're still doing business and it does not affect our certification."

The 5th Bomb Wing was recertified in the handling of nuclear weapons in late March. It had been decertified after the August incident.

About 65 of the 3,700 airmen at the bomber wing were sanctioned and some senior airmen were brought in to replace those sanctioned, said Westa, whose predecessor, Col. Bruce Emig, was relieved of command after the incident.