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Your conclusions seem perfectly reasonable. Out of curiosity, I checked the air-miles from Tripoli to Benghazi and it is 406 miles. If I understand correctly, a C-130 was ready to take off when the special ops folks were told to stand down. Again, if my research is correct, a C-130 has a cruising speed of 374 MPH. It would appear that two hours would have been enough time to bring air and ground assets together in Benghazi. The cover-up goes on!

I wasn't so much thinking of the AC-130, as much as I was thinking of a fighter jet (with wing fuel tanks) capable of being there in 1 1/2 hours, but needing refueling in less than 2 hours.
I also figure a refueling tanker, either as KC-120, KC-135, or maybe even a F/A-18F tanker from an aircraft carrier could be scrambled and do the refueling,
but their speed is a little slower than the fighter, so that's why I said 2 hours maximum.
Of course a C-130 could do the refueling, but that might be a speed problem for the fighter.
The AC-130 wouldn't have a fuel burn problem, as it can carry all the fuel it needs for a long mission.