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30 years ago July 31, 1972 -- U.S. sky marshals, who took to the air in September 1970 to deter hijackers, have been largely reassigned to ground station duty. The program was never intended to be permanent, FAA security director James Murphy said, noting that FAA, in light of the limit of 2,000...
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