The Piper PA-48 Enforcer was a turboprop-powered attack aircraft developed in the 1970s, reimagined from the World War II-era P-51 Mustang fighter. The concept originated with Trans Florida Aviation's ...

The PA-48 was cheap because it was simple. Like, World War II simple. The Enforcer actually began as the Turbo Mustang, which Cavalier Aircraft Corporation developed in the late 1960s with the P-51 as ...

Recommended: The Colt Python: The Best Revolver Ever Made? The P-51 eventually became the Turbo Mustang III. But in 1968, in response to an Air Force search for a counterinsurgency (COIN) aircraft to ...

Regarding your article “Small Arms” about the surge anticipated in sales of piloted turboprop military support aircraft, the Piper PA-48 Enforcer would be perfect for such a mission (AW&ST June 22, p.