The last line of defense against threats in the skies is Federal Air Marshals, undercover armed law enforcement officers present on many flights. As terrorist tactics continue to evolve and new ...
A rash of suicides, murder and psychosis have plagued U.S. air marshals' ranks. The U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service program has reached what critics describe as an acute crisis point marked by a ...
The goal, Lafrance said, is to place trainees in real-life situations that will sharpen their instincts for sussing out trouble. Rookie air marshals need to know how to size up a situation quickly but ...
On any given day, the Federal Aviation Administration oversees over 45,000 flights with 2.9 million passengers on board. Those flights cover more than 29 million square miles of airspace, and the ...
A federal air marshal and veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps is accused of faking military deployments while still reaping the benefits of his job as an airline baggage handler — including free flights ...
Years of tension have been brewing between air marshals and their bosses. Federal air marshals have been suffering at the hands of many of their supervisors at the Federal Air Marshal Services (FAMS) ...
KENNER, La. (WVUE/Gray News) - Normally, when air marshals are mentioned, you think of covert officers protecting passengers on flights. But during Super Bowl LIX weekend, some of those air marshals ...