1.11. Fuel Considerations. Unlike many operational and training aircraft, the T-6 is not fuel limited on most training sorties. Generally, syllabus directives, not available fuel, determine the duration of most sorties; however, regular fuel checks are still required and are an important part of each mission.

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1.11.1. Bingo, joker, and normal recovery fuels are defined in AFMAN 11-2T-6V3.

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1.11.2. AFMAN 11-202V3, defines fuel requirements for all sorties.

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1.11.3. Bingo fuel is briefed on every mission. Joker fuel is briefed and set at preplanned transition points in the sortie, if applicable. A mission may require several joker fuels or none at all.

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1.11.4. If bingo fuel is reached, recovery should be initiated to arrive at the intended destination with required fuel reserves. On most T-6 syllabus training sorties, recovery is normally initiated prior to reaching bingo fuel due to sortie duration limitations.

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1.11.5. Mission priorities and flight conditions may change while airborne (e.g., area assignment, weather conditions, alternate airfield requirements, etc.). The “aircraft commander” (AC) of a single-ship mission or the “flight lead” (FL) of a formation may adjust joker and/or bingo fuels during flight to accommodate mission conditions.

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