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| Air Transport Gendarmerie | |
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| Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens (French) | |
 Arm patch of the Air Transport Gendarmerie | |
| Active | 1953 - present |
| Country | France |
| Agency | National Gendarmerie |
| Role | Airport security |
| Part of | Directorate General for Civil Aviation |
| Structure | |
| Officers | 1,100 |
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The Air Transport Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens) (GTA) is a branch of the French Gendarmerie placed under the dual supervision of the Gendarmerie and the Directorate General for Civil Aviation of the Transportation Ministry.[1]
It has a strength of about 1,100 and is commanded by a senior officer or by a general officer.[2]
Its missions are centered on airport security. It also carries out judicial inquiries pertaining to civilian aviation accidents.[3]
The GTA was created in 1953 out of existing airport gendarmerie specialist units created from 1946.[3]
The Air Transport Gendarmerie should not be confused with the smaller Air Gendarmerie, which provides policing for the French Air Force.
- ^ "Booklet of the Directorate General for Civil Aviation" (PDF). 2019.
- ^ Arrêté du 28 avril 2006 relatif à l'organisation, à l'emploi et au soutien de la gendarmerie des transports aériens (Order) (in French). 2006.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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