print email comment close Federal Air Marshal Service URL: http://www.tsa.gov/lawenforcement/people/ Description: This site provides background information about the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), whose members are deployed to "detect, deter and defeat hostile acts targeting U.S. air carriers, airports, passengers and crews." Features history of commercial aviation terrorism and FAMS. From the Transportation Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Publisher: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Library of Congress Subject Headings: Airlines -- Security measures -- United States United States. Federal Air Marshal Service LII Database Information: Record 20006 created by Jennifer English on 12/12/2005 Last modification on 04/18/2007 Published: 12/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20006