Air Transport Gendarmerie

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Air Transport Gendarmerie

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National Gendarmerie
Naval Ensign of France
Components
Departmental Gendarmerie
Mobile Gendarmerie
Republican Guard
Security and Intervention Group
Maritime Gendarmerie
Air Transport Gendarmerie
Air Gendarmerie
Ordnance Gendarmerie

The Air Transport Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens) is a branch of the French Gendarmerie placed under the dual supervision of the Gendarmerie and the Direction of Civilian Aviation of the Transportation Ministry. Its missions include:

  • police and security in civilian airfields and airports
  • filtering access to aircraft, counter-terrorism and counter-narcotic activities, freight surveillance
  • surveillance of technical installations of the airports (control towers etc)
  • traffic control on the roads within the airports
  • protection of important visitors stopping for a layover
  • judiciary inquiries pertaining to accidents of civilian aircraft



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