air marshal
noun
1
: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a lieutenant general in the army
2
: an armed federal officer in plain clothes who is assigned to prevent skyjackings : sky marshal
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Banners will start flying around four hours before kickoff and could continue into the games, depending on air marshals’ decisions in each location, said DNC deputy communications director Abhi Rahman.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2024
With an echo of Con Air, Wahlberg in the role of Daryl is at the controls of a plane transporting air marshal Madolyn, played by Michelle Dockery, and a fugitive (Topher Grace) headed to trial in New York City to testify against the Moretti crime family.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
The hijackers prepared for the operation in Afghanistan, where some learned to hijack planes and disarm air marshals.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
Jones got up from his seat several times during the flight and made three attempts to go to the front of the plane and open the cockpit door, an air marshal wrote in an affidavit.
—Rashard Rose, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2024
With an echo of Con Air, Wahlberg in the role of Daryl is at the controls of a plane transporting air marshal Madolyn, played by Michelle Dockery, and a fugitive (Topher Grace) headed to trial in New York City to testify against the Moretti crime family.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
The hijackers prepared for the operation in Afghanistan, where some learned to hijack planes and disarm air marshals.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
Jones got up from his seat several times during the flight and made three attempts to go to the front of the plane and open the cockpit door, an air marshal wrote in an affidavit.
—Rashard Rose, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Air marshal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20marshal. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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