Piper PA-48 Enforcer - The BADASS Mustang - Low-poly 3D model

Perfect for use in games and simulation projects.

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.

The USAF tested the PA 48 Enforcer in 1971 with aircraft fulfilling all expectations, but the USAF showed no interest in placing a production contract. In September 1981 the Air Force, under pressure from the US Congress ordered two new aircraft (which took to the air on 9/4/83 and 8/7/83) for a new test program which took place in 1983/84, again no ordered were forthcoming and the aircraft were placed in storage in late 1986.

Incredibly, through the 1970s, Lindsay and Piper pitched the Enforcer not just as a COIN aircraft, but also as America’s primary ground-attack plane. That role eventually being fulfilled by the A-10. It’s one thing to offer a prop job for a niche role like bush wars, but quite another to suggest it should replace a jet as a primary ground-attack aircraft Lol !

In 1984, with a $US12 million appropriation from Congress, Piper built two new Enforcers, giving the new prototypes the designation PA-48.

Formats include: OBJ, FBX.