air marshal

noun

: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a lieutenant general in the army

: an armed federal officer in plain clothes who is assigned to prevent skyjackings : sky marshal

Examples of air marshal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 The flight was traveling from California to Virginia on March 3, according to an affidavit filed by federal air marshal Thomas G. Pattinson and reviewed by CBS News. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for air marshal

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