Salute!
I don't know about all the concepts of short range and limited fuel except for Britain and some of the old Soviet places. Yep, Vietnam was like that up north.
Maybe the Cannucks will jump in here, but we "interceptors' flew about 200+ n.m. from northern USAF bases and the Canadians were 200 miles north of us! So our NORAD plan was to hit the Bisons and Bears way up north and attrite them. None of this 10 minutes to engagement mentality.
My Voodoo unit at Grand Forks used one 300 gal external or even "clean" configuration. Burner for takeoff unless it was really cold, then cruise at 35K and bout 5,000 or 6,000 pounds per hour at 500 knots TAS.
The new guys like the F-35 and Raptor and even the F-16 are better.
BTW, my flight commander for F-102 training was a Brit Lightning guy. And even than, he liked the extra gas we had in the Deuce.
Gums sends...