Air Gendarmerie

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.

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

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

References

NATO Air Forces
Air forces	Albanian Air Force Belgian Air Component Bulgarian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force Croatian Air Force and Air Defence Czech Air Force Royal Danish Air Force Danish Air Force Home Guard Estonian Air Force French Air Force French Air Gendarmerie German Air Force Hellenic Air Force Hungarian Air Force Italian Air Force Latvian Air Force Lithuanian Air Force Lithuanian Special Operations Force Air Force Special Operations Element Montenegrin Air Force Royal Netherlands Air Force North Macedonia Air Force Royal Norwegian Air Force Polish Air Force Portuguese Air Force Romanian Air Force Slovak Air Force Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence Spanish Air Force Spanish Royal Guard "Plus Ultra" Squadron Turkish Air Force Royal Air Force United States Air Force
Maritime forces aviation	Bulgarian Naval Aviation French Naval Aviation German Naval Aviation Navy Aviation Command Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical Division Italian Navy Aviation Italian Coast Guard Air Service Netherlands Naval Aviation Service Polish Naval Aviation Brigade Portuguese Naval Aviation Romanian Naval Forces Aviation Spanish Naval Air Arm Turkish Naval Forces Aviation Command Turkish Coast Guard Aviation Command Fleet Air Arm United States Marine Corps Aviation United States Naval Air Forces United States Coast Guard Aviation
Land forces aviation	French Army Light Aviation National Gendarmerie Aviation German Army Aviation Corps Hellenic Army Aviation Italian Army Aviation Command Aerial Service of the Carabinieri Corps Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces, Aviation Unit Polish Land Forces Aviation Spanish Army Airmobile Force Turkish Land Forces Aviation Command Turkish Gendarmerie Aviation Command Army Air Corps United States Army Aviation Branch

Law enforcement in France
National Gendarmerie	Departmental Gendarmerie Mobile Gendarmerie Republican Guard Air Gendarmerie Air Transport Gendarmerie Maritime Gendarmerie GIGN Security Group for the Presidency of the Republic
National Police	Co-ordination Unit of the Fight against Terrorism Central Directorate of Border Police Central Directorate of the Judicial Police Central Directorate of Public Security National Police Intervention Groups Research and Intervention Brigades Banditry Repression Brigades National Police Intervention Force Bouches-du-Rhône Police Prefecture Protection Service Republican Security Companies RAID
Other	General Directorate for Internal Security Paris Police Prefecture Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes National Forests Office Municipal Police Rural Guard/Rural Police

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