Can the MV-22 Osprey tanker top off the fighters once they are airborne? I thought that was something they had in the works a few years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey#Refueling_capability
Right now, there is a potential to do aerial refueling from MV-22s in the form of a developed but unfunded system. It can be manufactured and deployed any time the Navy gives the green light to gain the capability and funds it.
T Roosevelt being off station and the substitution of the America may bring the matter to a head.