Editing Sky marshal (section)

===Australia===
In response to the [[September 11 attacks]], the commonwealth instituted an air security officer (ASO) program under the [[Australian Federal Police]] in December 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.afp.gov.au/~/media/afp/pdf/3/34-airsecurity-officers-making-our-skies-safe.ashx |title=Air Security Officers: Making our skies safe |magazine=Platypus |publisher=[[Australian Federal Police]] |page=34 |issue=99 |date=July 2008 |access-date=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205193941/http://www.afp.gov.au/~/media/afp/pdf/3/34-airsecurity-officers-making-our-skies-safe.ashx |archive-date=5 December 2010 }}</ref><ref name="CTM">{{cite web |title=Budget 2002–2003: Counter Terrorism measures |website=Commonwealth of Australia |year=2002 |url=http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/budget_fact_2.pdf |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-date=1 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901034454/http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/budget_fact_2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> These officers are generally referred to in the media as "sky marshals".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/23/1071941731626.html |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=24 December 2003 |title=Cost row hits sky marshals |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-date=17 May 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040517201432/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/23/1071941731626.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ASO Program provides a discreet anti-hijacking capability for Australian civil aviation by putting armed security personnel on board aircraft.<ref name="CTM" /> This involves both random and intelligence-led placement of armed ASOs on flights operated by Australian registered air carriers, on both domestic and international flights.

Officers are armed, trained and equipped for a variety of situations on both domestic and international flights.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afp.gov.au/policing/aviation/air-security-officers.aspx |title=Air Security Officers |website=Australian Federal Police |access-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329160521/http://www.afp.gov.au/policing/aviation/air-security-officers.aspx |archive-date=29 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ssaa.org.au/stories/political-up-in-arms.html |title=Up in arms |website=Sporting Shooters Association of Australia |access-date=1 January 2013 |archive-date=25 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225071646/http://www.ssaa.org.au/stories/political-up-in-arms.html |url-status=live }}</ref>