Heavy equipment and personnel drops fly out the ramp of a U.S. Air Force HC-130 King aircraft assigned to the 211th Rescue Squadron Alaska ANG., during a search and rescue mission at Angel Thunder 2011, Oct. 15. Approximately 1,400 U.S. military, federal and state employees and coalition forces are participating in the 6th Annual Angel Thunder Exercise. Angel Thunder is the world's largest military search and rescue exercise in the world.