air marshal
noun
1
: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a lieutenant general in the army
2
: an armed federal officer in plain clothes who is assigned to prevent skyjackings : sky marshal
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TSA air marshals are like the policemen of our skies, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
In 2003, Robert MacLean, an employee of the Transportation Security Administration, told an MSNBC reporter that in an effort to reduce spending on hotels, the TSA would be removing air marshals from many long-distance flights.
—Michael Walzer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
There will also be federal air marshals, who are armed, stationed around the city’s public transportation hubs scanning for suspicious people and activity, while also guarding against drones.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
Without an air marshal on board, flight attendants asked if there was any law enforcement to help, passengers recounted.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
In 2003, Robert MacLean, an employee of the Transportation Security Administration, told an MSNBC reporter that in an effort to reduce spending on hotels, the TSA would be removing air marshals from many long-distance flights.
—Michael Walzer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
There will also be federal air marshals, who are armed, stationed around the city’s public transportation hubs scanning for suspicious people and activity, while also guarding against drones.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
Without an air marshal on board, flight attendants asked if there was any law enforcement to help, passengers recounted.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Air marshal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20marshal. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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