Do we know the typical fuel load for a short range combat mission?
Given the Flight Manual comments on reversibility, do we know if the fuselage tank was only used/filled then the mission range actually dictated this?
For example, given the short ranges to the Normandy battlefield, wing tanks would be tactically suitable.
I'm not so much after individual opinions, more after if anyone knows what was actual AAC practice for what they termed 'standard fuel load'.