11 Jul
2005
11 Jul
'05
8:56 a.m.
Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> writes:
There were lower levels of priority that you could also use, but "flash" was the top one that I heard about.
The four buttons on the "1633" row of an AUTOVON telephone are labeled P, I, F, and FO for Priority, Immediate, Flash, and Flash-Override. The fifth (normal) level is of course routine, with no priority code attached. My understanding is that many (most?) phones could not issue the higher priority levels. Don't want some E-2 in a guard shack to misdial a number and knock off a four-star who's speaking with the Joint Chiefs. :) ---Rob