Solution - stick AAR pods on some C130s and then one crew and frame can do QRA, routine AAR, MRR, Comp A, South Georgia recce etc.
...course, it's all been done before (albeit with a single, centreline HDU)...I think the main problems concerning the demise of the C130 tankers was excessive FI (that's fatigue index, not falkland islands!) and lower giveaway (from a single hose) than the 'mighty' ten. Although I'd like to see a -10 dropping HPs at Sth Georgia....
You'll have to wait for the A400 for a 'tactical' AAR asset....