Question about 20-channel fighter radios

[KMTC]

Will all fighter aicraft have the same 20 channels loaded in their radios? For example, channels 1-20 for Selfridge look like this:
*SOF
Clearance Delivery
Ground Control
Tower
Departure Control
ATIS
Cleveland Center
Air to Air
Air to Air
Approach Control
Approach Control- Primary
Approach Control- Windsor Twr
Approach Control- DTW Aprch East
Approach Control- DTW Twr East
Selfridge Emergency
SOF
Air to Air
Air to Air
Base Weather
Base Ops*
So will, lets say Toledo/112th FS, have the same breakdown for the 20 channels (w/ different freqs for each, of course). For example, will Tower always be Channel 4, will ATIS always be Channel 6, and will Emergency always be Channel 15 at all military bases?

 

[DPD1]

If you could look at all of them, you would probably see some similarities. But there's no steadfast rule what buttons are used for this or that. Same thing with Navy, as the Wing actually decides what will be used on what number, and that can change from wing to wing.

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[Yokoshibu]

usually it's a local directive that drives what should* be programmed into the radio.... usually a squadron will make up a reg if there is not a local wing to do it for them!

 

[morfis]

In practice they do mostly use a fairly standard layout for the presets. Local airfield stuff in the lower nuumbers, a/a and ops in the higher numbers with other local bases/atc/ranges in the middle.
From studlists (UK we call them studs not presets!) seen from the bomber wings they tend to be even more formalised than the fighters.
The same basic pattern is followed in most countries.

 

[bpckty1]

"In practice they do mostly use a fairly standard layout for the presets."

From my experience with the army, the rule is standardization. The theory is that it helps when in a pinch. You don't have to look at a tech manual, it has been drilled into you from basic training. The same with operations and emergency action messages. The op order, no matter how thin or thick follows the same format. Ditto for the EAMs. The only difference, they have to be decoded. Line one may have the standard 5, 10, 25 or 35, etc. (depends on the type of message), characters, but what the codebook says causes one to either breathe a sigh of relief, or have a major pucker factor moment.

So, one can presume that the radio buttons are similarly arranged across the board. The differences lie in the location/unit. As Morfis wrote, "Local airfield stuff in the lower nuumbers, a/a and ops in the higher numbers with other local bases/atc/ranges in the middle."

And, of course, the infamous Green Button.

 

[DaveNF2G]

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