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 occasionally ...

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, a ...

The Federal Air Marshal Service began in 1962 to combat air hijacking and greatly expanded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, in which airliners were hijacked midflight.

Amid an influx of illegal immigrants held in custody, the Federal Air Marshal Service asked for volunteers to deploy to the U.S.-Mexico border for 30 days in mid-2021.

The last Administration in 2019 temporarily deployed some Federal Air Marshals to support CBP at the Southwest border. "The suggestion that flights are being left unprotected is completely false.

Air marshals, which are federal law enforcement who fly undercover on planes, aren’t on every passenger flight in the U.S., but they could be on any of them. Skip Navigation.

The Federal Air Marshal Service, a crucial yet often unnoticed branch of law enforcement, is intensifying its training efforts in Las Vegas to ensure the safety of millions of travelers during the ...

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The Federal Air Marshal Service is also a supportive and tight-knit community. Back in 2017, my son was diagnosed with stage 3 neuroblastoma cancer on his second birthday.