Air Gendarmerie

Not to be confused with Air Transport Gendarmerie.

National Gendarmerie
Components

Departmental Gendarmerie Mobile Gendarmerie Republican Guard Maritime Gendarmerie Air Transport Gendarmerie Air Gendarmerie Ordnance Gendarmerie
Security and Intervention Group Intervention Group (GIGN) Parachute Intervention Squadron

The Air Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie de l'Air) is the unit of the French Gendarmerie responsible for provost (military police) functions within the French Air Force. It has a strength of 750 and is commanded by a colonel. It is divided into two groupings, each commanded by a lieutenant colonel.

It should not be confused with the larger Air Transport Gendarmerie which provides security for civilian airports and deals with civil aviation accidents.

Law enforcement in France

National Gendarmerie	Air Gendarmerie Air Transport Gendarmerie Departmental Gendarmerie Maritime Gendarmerie Republican Guard Mobile Gendarmerie National Gendarmerie Intervention Group Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République Escadron parachutiste d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale

National Police	Research and Intervention Brigade Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité Direction Centrale de la Police aux Frontières Central Directorate of the Judicial Police Central Directorate of Public Security National Police Intervention Groups General Directorate for Internal Security National Police Intervention Force Paris Police Prefecture Brigade de répression du banditisme Préfecture de Police des Bouches-du-Rhône Unité de coordination de la lutte anti-terroriste Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence Service de la protection

Other	Directorate-general of customs and indirect taxes Municipal Police Garde champêtre

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