The Air Transport Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens) is 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 tower...);
· traffic control on the roads within the airports;
· protection of important visitors;
· judiciary inquiries pertaining to accidents of civilian aircraft.