Additionally, Kenn Borek Air Twin Otters and DC-3s visit the base in support of science and logistics.

Resupply missions are collectively termed Operation Deep Freeze.

Dimensional cargo capacity of the Hercules aircraft must be considered for all of the station's logistical support.

Large scientific experiments and structures such as the new station are broken down into modular pieces and reassembled on-site.

Limitations and cost of the Hercules aircraft have been cited by the National Science Foundation as one of the main reasons for the McMurdo–South Pole traverse over-ice ground supply route.