Piper Pa-48 Enforcer

Piper PA-48 Enforcer

CountryUSA
RoleCounter-insurgency aircraft
First flight29 April 1971
Built4

The Piper PA-48 Enforcer is an American turboprop-powered light close air support aircraft built by Piper in the 1970s. It is a development of the World War II-era North American P-51 Mustang fighter. The Enforcer concept was originally created and flown as the Cavalier Mustang by David Lindsay, owner of Cavalier Aircraft, in response to the United States Air Force PAVE COIN program, but Cavalier did not have the manufacturing abilities to mass-produce the Enforcer, so the program was sold to Piper by Lindsay in 1970.

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PhotographersVladimir Yakubov, John Heck
LocalisationNational Museum of the USAF, Dayton
Photos98
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The Piper PA-48 Enforcer is a turboprop-powered light close air support aircraft that was developed by Piper Aircraft in the 1970s. It is based on the design of the P-51 Mustang, a famous fighter plane from World War II. The Enforcer was intended to be a low-cost and effective solution for counter-insurgency missions, using a powerful Lycoming YT55-L-9 engine and various weapons such as bombs, rockets and napalm.
The Enforcer underwent several tests and evaluations by the US Air Force, but it never entered service. Only four prototypes were built, and one of them is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force.

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