ISTR this formed the basis for one of the Individual Problem Solving exercises at OASC about 30-odd years ago.
The problems were normally about a group of scouts in the desert with a broken-down jeep and they needed to get home, but this was cooler.
You were the pilot of an F3, you had your range and endurance and a contact to intercept, you also had to work out when you needed to meet the tanker while remaining above minimum fuel state.
Does anyone have a copy of that...?