On Friday 28th , with J Coy 42 Cdo flying down towards Darwin , the rest of 42 Commando prepares for the Mount Kent operation. That same night , D Sqdn SAS finally completes its helicopter move below Mount Kent , but an attempt to follow them up with 42 Cdo Tac HQ, K Coy and three 105's of 7 Bty over Saturday night is stopped by blizzards. Late on Sunday , No.846 Sea Kings and the lone RAF Chinook manage to get in, but in the middle of an SAS fire-fight with Argentine troops, after which K Coy moves on to the summit. The Chinook is slightly damaged on the flight back, but support helicopter strength is increasing. Coming in over the Brigade Maintenance Area at Ajax Bay, one pair kills six men of 45 Cdo and the Cdo Logistics Regt, wounds others and lands UXB's near the Field Dressing Station, which is where Flt Lt Swan later sleeps beside the bombs to reassure the staff and patients.
More sorties take place over the weekend.
The plan is for two Super Etendards to launch the last airborne Exocet at the Task Force carriers, and for four Grupo 4 Skyhawks to finish off the target with bombs. As the Sea Harriers continue to fly CAP and drop bombs on Stanley airfield and the GR.3's fly ground support from the carriers, a total of three are lost over these few days. Then at midday on Sunday , the RAF finds itself down to just three GR.3's. Sqdn Ldr Pook parachutes into the sea and is soon rescued by a No.826 Sea King. And now 5th Inf Bde starts to arrive.