CVN support?
AEW, without which the best equipped naval force has very little warning against a low-flying aircraft or missile threat. Broadband EA. Refueling to extend range and time-on-station. And more than six jets per deck, before you start offloading transport helicopters from the LHA/LHD.
Arguments that the F-35 will act as an AWACS or SIGINT platform fall down on the persistence issue.
(And since we're not writing in Latin here, if you leave out the article, it's plural. Nice try.)