E-2C/D; EA-6B/EA-18G WILL be on the same carrier as the F/A-18E/Fs, now won’t they?

Looks like they’ll be available at least… even if the satellite tracking/recon, etc aren’t.

Yes, on a major strike, no doubt they’ll be around but you can’t assume they’ll all be there every time you need them. For example, in Operation Enduring Freedom, F-14s would go so far inland that they were out of coverage of even Air Force AWACS coverage. Do you not cover the B-1 that you’re supposed to rendezvous with because the E-2 broke? If you design an aircraft that has to have them there every time in order to be successful, you’ve designed an aircraft that isn’t good enough.