在美国,关于建立民航巡逻队的构想起源于20世纪30年代。当时整个欧洲正陷于战争,而美国刚开始全面建设军事力量。正当美国军事家集中财力发展军用机、训练机组人员的时候,民事航空巡逻队狂热者却构思了一项充分动员国家专用航空资源以弥补本土防御力量不足的计划。美国拥有成千上万的轻型飞机和大批的私人飞行员。他们中的大多数不但符合美军现役条件,而且能发挥积极作用。征召他们对军队建设具有重要的意义。 这项计划有一个强硬的支持者,他就是吉尔·R·威尔逊,曾经在法国空军中服役,尔后成为一个牧师,其后是做了航空作家,再后来担任新泽西州航空主管一职。他建议新泽西州州长创立一个遍及全州的飞行员志愿者机构。紧接着,相似的计划在其他州如同 In the United States, the idea of ​​establishing a civil aviation patrol came from the 1930s. At that time, the entire Europe was in a war, while the United States was just beginning to build its military forces in an all-round way. At a time when the United States military strategists are concentrating their resources on developing military aircraft and training crew members, civil aviation patrol enthusiasts have conceived a plan to fully mobilize national specialized aviation resources to make up for the shortage of indigenous defensive forces. The United States has thousands of light aircraft and a large number of private pilots. Most of them are not only in line with the conditions of active service of the U.S. military, but also play an active role. Calling them up is of great significance to army building. The project had a tough supporter, Jill R. Wilson, who had served in the French Air Force and later became a pastor, then an aviation writer, and later New Jersey’s airline chief. He suggested that the governor of New Jersey create a nationwide pilot volunteer organization. Next, similar plans are the same in other states