Editing Sky marshal (section)

{{Short description|Covert law enforcement or counter-terrorist agent}}
{{confuse|text=the military rank in ''[[Starship Troopers]]''}}
A '''sky marshal''' is a covert law enforcement or counter-terrorist agent on board a commercial aircraft to counter [[aircraft hijacking]]s. Such an agent is also known as an '''air marshal''', a '''flight marshal''', or an '''in-flight security officer''' (IFSO).<ref name="routledge.com">{{cite book|author=Clay Biles|title=How to Stop a Hijacking: Critical Thinking in Civil Aviation Security|url=https://www.routledge.com/How-to-Stop-a-Hijacking-Critical-Thinking-in-Civil-Aviation-Security/Biles/p/book/9781032373003}}</ref><ref name="IFSO">{{cite web |title=International In-flight Security Officer Committee |website=International In-flight Security Officer Committee |url=https://www.iifsoc.com/ |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902155754/https://iifsoc.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sky marshals may be provided by airlines such as [[El Al]] (who provide [[Sky marshal#Israel|sky marshals on every flight]]), or by government agencies such as the [[EKO Cobra|Austrian Einsatzkommando Cobra]], [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], {{ill|China Air Marshal|zh|中國民用航空局公安局}}, [[German Federal Police]], [[National Security Guard]] in India, [[Metropolitan Police]] [[Specialist Firearms Command|MO19]] (Specialist Firearms Command) from London, Pakistan [[Airports Security Force]], or US [[Federal Air Marshal Service]].