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Air marshal
A federal marshal whose purpose is to ride commercial flights, dressed in plain clothes and armed to prevent hijackings. Israel's use of air marshals on El-Al is credited as the reason Israel has not had a single hijacking in 31 years. The US started using air marshals after September 11. Despite President Bush's urgings, there are not enough air marshals to go around, so many flights do not have them. Also known as sky marshals.
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