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Definition of air marshal in English: air marshalnoun 1A high rank of officer in the RAF, above air vice-marshal and below air chief marshal. Example sentencesExamples - A federal air marshal - one of thousands now at work since Sept. 11 - approaches, identifies himself, and tells the man to calm down.
- She married Jeremy Lee-Potter, a medical student and the son of an air marshal in 1957.
- However, in order to disguise this distinction he was made an air marshal, to sit beside a full admiral and full general.
- On promotion to air marshal, he served for a short time as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Logistics Command.
- In September 1939 he was promoted acting air marshal and in April 1940 was appointed Commander in Chief Bomber Command.
- The air marshal program - every air marshal - available air marshal is deployed.
2US An armed guard who travels incognito on certain commercial flights, trained to take action in the event of a hijack or other violent criminal action. a plan to allow passengers to carry knives is being tabled amid protests from air marshals Example sentencesExamples - I was glad to know that there is really an air marshal there, and they are not afraid to shoot somebody who says they have a bomb.
- The US Department of Homeland Security requested the presence of air marshals on threatened flights in late December.
- She's also busy developing standards for federal air marshals and flight deck officers so they can carry firearms in the cockpit.
- A federal air marshal told the pilot that the passenger's name resembled one on a terror watch list, and that he had been acting suspiciously.
- The FAA is also believed to be considering broadening the use of armed air marshals to all internal flights in America.
Definition of air marshal in US English: air marshalnoun US An armed guard who travels incognito on certain commercial flights, trained to take action in the event of a hijacking or other violent criminal action. a plan to allow passengers to carry knives is being tabled amid protests from air marshals Example sentencesExamples - A federal air marshal told the pilot that the passenger's name resembled one on a terror watch list, and that he had been acting suspiciously.
- The US Department of Homeland Security requested the presence of air marshals on threatened flights in late December.
- The FAA is also believed to be considering broadening the use of armed air marshals to all internal flights in America.
- She's also busy developing standards for federal air marshals and flight deck officers so they can carry firearms in the cockpit.
- I was glad to know that there is really an air marshal there, and they are not afraid to shoot somebody who says they have a bomb.
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