With the eyes of the world on Olympic venues in Beijing, China this August, U.S. Air Marshals will be on hand to ensure aviation security. Chinese and American air marshal officials have worked out agreements to allow marshals from each country to travel to the other, significantly increasing security of trans-Pacific routes. Last summer, U.S. Federal Air Marshals hosted a training program in Atlantic City, NJ with members of the Chinese Air Marshal Program. During this training, techniques and philosophies like aircraft tactics, use-of-force applications, defensive measures, investigative techniques and tactical information sharing were exchanged, enhancing abilities and preparedness in both the U.S. and China. U.S. Federal Air Marshals were sent to Cyprus to support the evacuation of non-combatants during the civil unrest in Lebanon in 2006 and stood guard on international flights during the heightened threat to aviation security in London in August of 2006.