Mescalero is a main subdivision of the Apache Native American nation. Mescalero may also mean: Mescalero language Mescalero, New Mexico, a census-designated place in the United States Mescalero Ridge, an escarpment on the western edge of the Llano Estacado The Mescaleros, Joe Strummer's back-up band Mescalero (album), by ZZ Top Cessna T-41 Mescalero, a 1960s vintage U.S. Air Force single-engine piston-prop primary flight trainer derived from the civil-market Cessna 172 Applebay GA-111 Mescalero, an American glider, of which one prototype was built in 1975