The Hornet C/Ds will be well and truly [cormorant, or long-pile carpet]ed by then. There are four carrier jets in the world. One of them is politically unthinkable, and the MiG-29K is only slightly less so
. That leaves Dave-C, but eventually US Navy air will take the grocery bag off its head, scream, chew off its own arm and run. Rhinos it is then.
When I said IOC, I meant that's what it says in the schedule. Even if that schedule holds [see simians, airborne, fundament] it will only have Block 1 software, which allows you to frighten the enemy by flying over them.