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What is the Federal Air Marshal Service? A History of the Federal Air Marshal Service
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What is the Federal Air Marshal Service? A History of the Federal Air Marshal Service

The Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) has become immortalized in popular culture, through films like Non-Stop. But few actually know what they do and how they have evolved over their history? Recent years have proven to have brought the FAMS to the breaking point. Post-9/11, the role of the FAMS and their inability to prevent 9/11 has cast them in a poor light, with this often happening in the public eye. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What Does the Federal Air Marshal Service do? The Federal Air Marshal Service, commonly abbreviated to the acronym FAMS, is the US's federal law enforcement agency involved with protecting US domestic and international flights. This means that any high-risk flight that originates or terminates anywhere in t...