Editing LGM-30 Minuteman (section)

==== Deployment ====
The '''LGM-30A Minuteman I''' was first test-fired on 1 February 1961 at [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]],<ref name="bbthmj" /><ref name="mmmfs61" /><ref name="6555th" /><ref name="lmtpit" /> entering into the [[Strategic Air Command]]'s arsenal in 1962. After the first batch of Minuteman I's were fully developed and ready for stationing, the [[United States Air Force]] (USAF) had originally decided to put the missiles at [[Vandenberg AFB]] in California, but before the missiles were set to officially be moved there it was discovered that this first set of Minuteman missiles had defective boosters which limited their range from their initial {{convert|6300|mi}} to {{convert|4300|mi}}. This defect would cause the missiles to fall short of their targets if launched over the [[North Pole]] as planned. The decision was made to station the missiles at [[Malmstrom AFB]] in [[Montana]] instead.<ref name="mmmfs61" /> These changes would allow the missiles, even with their defective boosters, to reach their intended targets in the case of a launch.<ref name="1996_dtic" />

The "improved" '''LGM-30B''' '''Minuteman I''' became operational at [[Ellsworth AFB]], [[South Dakota]], [[Minot AFB]], [[North Dakota]], [[F.E. Warren AFB]], [[Wyoming]], and [[Whiteman AFB]], [[Missouri]], in 1963 and 1964. All 800 Minuteman I missiles were delivered by June 1965. Each of the bases had 150 missiles emplaced; F.E. Warren had 200 of the Minuteman IB missiles. Malmstrom had 150 of the Minuteman I, and about five years later added 50 of the Minuteman II similar to those installed at [[Grand Forks AFB]], ND.