I'd imagine that 2,000 mile number isn't taking aerial refueling into account? When Australia bought their fleet of F-18s, many of them were flown nonstop from

I'd imagine that 2,000 mile number isn't taking aerial refueling into account? When Australia bought their fleet of F-18s, many of them were flown nonstop from the US to Australia. Autonomous refueling is relatively mature, and I'd imagine gets even more valuable when the receiving aircraft isn't limited by human endurance