Air Marshals blend in with civilian passengers but are trained to act decisively in emergencies. Their 16-week training includes law enforcement certification, tactical firearms proficiency, and ...

Sen. Rand Paul says he viewed records of Tulsi Gabbard's surveillance by air marshals, highlighting issues of privacy and ...

The dead man lying on the ground was an armed federal air marshal, a plainclothes officer whose job was to protect aircraft from terrorists. He took his life just hours before his next scheduled ...

Federal air marshals are outraged as the Biden administration continues to send them to the southern border despite a renewed terror threat from al Qaeda. Air Marshal ...

During the height of the border crisis, the federal government has been sending 200 air marshals to the border on 21-day deployments, leaving major flights vulnerable to threats, Sonya LaBosco ...

Federal Air Marshals are overworked and leaving the agency at an alarming rate, a representative for the workforce told Congress on Tuesday, and they are seeking a new agency to house them.

A Federal Air Marshal is a highly skilled law enforcement agent who operates onboard planes. These people are responsible for protecting both passengers and crew members. They are deployed so that ...

Little is released to the public about how, why and where federal air marshals operate. As they transit through airports and board flights, they resemble passengers just like us — napping ...

Erin Schniederjan is a research assistant for homeland security and Asian studies at the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. Federal Air Marshal Service ...

Federal air marshals are tired of being left up in the air. Not only do these law enforcement officers want to do more on-the-ground police work, they also want a divorce from their organizational ...

Since then, the number of air marshals has increased considerably, to an estimated 3,000 — but not all of them are making sure the skies are safe. Highly specialized federal air marshals have ...

By Christine Chung Little is released to the public about how, why and where federal air marshals operate. As they transit through airports and board flights, they resemble passengers just like us ...