I was there! The first tanker was Mk 1 converted over a long weekend (at Marshall's?), then air tested going South. Rumours were heard of a lot of fuel sloshing around! More were then converted in very slightly slower time using whatever HDUs could be found - including a museum piece.
We then decamped to Ascension to support the airbridge. We left full and usually filled up again from a Victor mid South atlantic. We then topped the Herc airbridge so it arrived at Stanley with SA diversion fuel available. And yes, there were variations on that plot.
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