Board Thread:Ace Combat 7/@comment-27795892-20160308121311/@comment-35033398-20180318091221

TheTLMguy wrote: Since nobody ever, ever, mentioned this person, despite what you may see in game there was no RIO with Chopper.

Unless the whole Wardog squadron had 4 mute co-pilots, each one assigned to a different aircraft.

Anyway, I have been asking this to myself for countless time, but in the end I never really bothered to answer it.

The series has never been too logical about whose voice you hear on the radio. Sometimes its the AWACS, your allies, the enemy or just some random civilian on the ground. Still, the radio chatter is essential way to make the world feel more immersive. That being said, I believe that the pilots do communicate with their RIOs/WSOs/co-pilots even if the player cant hear it.