Air Transport Gendarmerie

The Air Transport Gendarmerie ( _fr. 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