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| {{short description|United States federal law enforcement agency}} | | {{short description|United States federal law enforcement agency}} |
| {{Distinguish|text=the [[United States Marshals Service]], an agency within the [[United States Department of Justice]]}} | | {{Distinguish|text=the [[United States Marshals Service]], an agency within the [[United States Department of Justice]]}}The '''Federal Air Marshal Service''' ('''FAMS''') is a [[United States]] [[Federal law enforcement in the United States|federal law enforcement agency]] under the supervision of the [[Transportation Security Administration]] (TSA) of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS). |
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| | agencyname = Transportation Security Administration Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service
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| | commonname = Federal Air Marshal Service
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| | abbreviation = OLE/FAMS or FAMS
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| | logo = Transportation Security Administration seal.svg
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| | logocaption = The insignia of the parent agency, the TSA
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| | badge = Badge of the United States Federal Air Marshal Service.png
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| | badgecaption = The badge of the Federal Air Marshal Service
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| | flag = Flag of the Transportation Security Administration.svg
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| | flagcaption = Flag of the parent agency, the Transportation Security Administration
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| | motto = ''Invisus, Inauditus, Impavidus''
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| | mottotranslated = (English: "Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid")
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| | formedmonthday = March 2
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| | formedyear = 1962
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| | budget = $805 million (2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/25/us/air-marshals-cut/index.html |title = Homeland security thins air marshal ranks |date = 25 February 2014 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>
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| | sworntype = Federal Air Marshal
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| | sworn = 3,000 (estimated)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/us/politics/air-marshals-scandals-investigations.html |title=Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program |last=Nixon |first=Ron |date=April 25, 2018 |website=The New York Times |access-date=May 2, 2018 |quote=It has since grown from about a dozen air marshals to a force that officials have said numbers about 3,000}}</ref><ref name=FAMS-SSI>{{cite web |url=https://www.gao.gov/assets/260/254529.pdf |title=Survey of Federal Civilian Law Enforcement Functions and Authorities |date=December 2007 |publisher= Government Accountability Office |access-date=May 2, 2018 |quote=Excluded from the total is the number of Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Federal Air Marshals, which is Sensitive Security Information (SSI).}}</ref>
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| | minister1name = [[David Pekoske]]
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| | minister1pfo = Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
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| | minister2name = Holly Canevari
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| | minister2pfo = Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
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| | chief1name = Tirrell D. Stevenson<ref>{{cite web |title=Executive Assistant Administrator/Director for the Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service |url=https://www.tsa.gov/leader-bios/executive-assistant-administratordirector-law-enforcementfederal-air-marshal-service |publisher=Transportation Security Administration |access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>
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| | chief1position = Executive Assistant Administrator/Director
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| | chief2name = Brian C. Belcher<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputy Executive Assistant Administrator/Deputy Director Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service |url=https://www.tsa.gov/leader-bios/deputy-executive-assistant-administratordeputy-director-law-enforcementfederal-air |publisher=Transportation Security Administration |access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>
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| | parentagency = [[Transportation Security Administration]]
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| | unittype = Programs
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| | unitname = {{collapsible list|[[Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response team|Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response]]|[[Federal Flight Deck Officer]]}}
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| | website = [https://jobs.tsa.gov/law-enforcement Official Website]
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| | footnotes = The exact number of Federal Air Marshals is considered [[sensitive security information]] by the TSA.<ref name=FAMS-SSI />
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| The '''Federal Air Marshal Service''' ('''FAMS''') is a [[United States]] [[Federal law enforcement in the United States|federal law enforcement agency]] under the supervision of the [[Transportation Security Administration]] (TSA) of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS). | |
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| Because of the nature of their occupation, federal air marshals (FAMs) travel often. They must also train to be highly proficient marksmen. A FAM's job is to blend in with other passengers on board aircraft and rely heavily on their training, including investigative techniques, criminal [[Terrorism|terrorist]] behavior recognition, [[firearm]]s proficiency, aircraft-specific tactics, and close quarters [[self-defense]] measures to protect the flying public.<ref name="routledge.com">{{cite book|author=Clay Biles|title=How to Stop a Hijacking: Critical Thinking in Civil Aviation Security|url=https://www.routledge.com/How-to-Stop-a-Hijacking-Critical-Thinking-in-Civil-Aviation-Security/Biles/p/book/9781032373003}}</ref><ref name="TSA">{{cite web| url = http://www.tsa.gov/about-tsa/federal-air-marshals| title = Federal Air Marshals |website=TSA | access-date = 2013-03-29| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130411053720/http://www.tsa.gov/about-tsa/federal-air-marshals| archive-date = 2013-04-11}}</ref> | | Because of the nature of their occupation, federal air marshals (FAMs) travel often. They must also train to be highly proficient marksmen. A FAM's job is to blend in with other passengers on board aircraft and rely heavily on their training, including investigative techniques, criminal [[Terrorism|terrorist]] behavior recognition, [[firearm]]s proficiency, aircraft-specific tactics, and close quarters [[self-defense]] measures to protect the flying public.<ref name="routledge.com">{{cite book|author=Clay Biles|title=How to Stop a Hijacking: Critical Thinking in Civil Aviation Security|url=https://www.routledge.com/How-to-Stop-a-Hijacking-Critical-Thinking-in-Civil-Aviation-Security/Biles/p/book/9781032373003}}</ref><ref name="TSA">{{cite web| url = http://www.tsa.gov/about-tsa/federal-air-marshals| title = Federal Air Marshals |website=TSA | access-date = 2013-03-29| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130411053720/http://www.tsa.gov/about-tsa/federal-air-marshals| archive-date = 2013-04-11}}</ref> |
