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 ...

Air marshals pulled off jobs to stay at border, drive migrants to airport for flights: Sonya LaBosco Air Marshal National Council Director Sonya LaBosco discusses how air marshals are being pulled off ...

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 ...

More than 34,000 people have applied for the government's hot job -- federal air marshal. About 2,700 federal retirees have asked for information about how they can return to government work. More ...

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 ...

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 ...