All quiet for a couple of days due to weather on the ice. However Oct 23 saw two more C-17s arrive in Christchurch, 08-8198 and 08-8200 both arrived from HIK.
Oct 24 saw C-17 08-8200 go south as ICE5 and 07-7185 arrive from HIK. LC-130H, 83-0792 also arrived in Christchurch.
Oct 25 92-1095 another LC-130H arrived via the usual HIK-PPG routing while the FAA Challenger 605, N90, flew south to McMurdo. Two C-17s, 07-7185 and 08-8198, departed north to HIK.
Oct 26, two C-17s, 08-8200 and 08-8193 flew to McMurdo as ICE6 and ICE7 respectively. The Italian C130J, MM62191 also went today.
Oct 27 saw C-17, 08-8200, to McMurdo as ICE8 and another LC-130H, 73-3300 arrived in Christchurch from its US base.
Oct 28 sent C-17 08-8193 home to the USA while MM62191 went south again.
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