Any military airbases feature plenty of ground crew using hand gestures and colorful wands to communicate with pilots. Here's what those gestures mean.

Stephen Ramunno, a student of Fort Hood's Air Assault class 05-14, ... and Pathfinder hand and arm signals. Before all that, Soldiers must complete a two-mile run and obstacle course, ...

The hand-and-arm signal portion was a little more challenging. I second guessed my signals a few times, but in the end I found out that I maxed it. Immediately following the tests we went into ...

Reed’s path to Air Assault School started when Air Station Barbers Point was awarded a slot to attend the training. After a series of intense tests involving more than 200 members, Reed came out ...