United States Air Force Security Forces
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![Army Air Force Military Police colored unit at Columbus, Georgia in April 1942.](/Images/godic/202412/18/Army_MP2511.jpg")
![USAF security policemen (far left: Amn Marc Joel Berger) from Tan Son Nhut Air Base watch for Viet Cong infiltration attempts along the base perimeter during the Vietnam war.](/Images/godic/202412/18/AirForceSecurityPoliceTanSoNnhut2511.jpg")
United States Air Force Security Forces are the force protection and military police of the United States Air Force. Security Forces, or SF, were formerly known as Military Police (MP), Air Police (AP), and Security Police (SP).