air marshal

noun

: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a lieutenant general in the army

: an armed federal officer in plain clothes who is assigned to prevent skyjackings : sky marshal

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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 Image ‘Flight Risk’ In Mel Gibson’s return to directing, an air marshal (Michelle Dockery) joins a pilot (Mark Wahlberg) to fly a high-level informant (Topher Grace) to trial. —

The New York Times, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Now Grace stars alongside Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Dockery in Mel Gibson’s latest action film, Flight Risk, about an air marshal tasked with transferring a fugitive to his trial via a small plane. —

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