ATO meaning in Military and Defence ?

Answer: What is Air Tasking Order mean?

An air tasking order (ATO) is a means by which the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) controls air forces within a joint operations environment. The ATO is a large document written in United States Message Text Format (USMTF) that lists air sorties for a fixed 24-hour period, with individual call signs, aircraft types, and mission types (e.g. close air support or air refueling). NATO uses a different text format, “.ato”. The ATO is created by an air operations center which has command and control for a particular theater (e.g. Combined Air Operations Center for Southwest Asia). More specifically, the Combat Plans Division of the AOC is responsible for creating the ATO, as well as the associated Airspace Control Order (ACO) and linked detailed information in the Special Instructions (SPINS).

Use of the standardized USMTF allows ATO processing by a variety of legacy computer models, newer software, and even word processors. Since 2004, the ATO has been standardized as an XML schema by NATO Allied Data Publication-3 and US MIL-STD-6040.

The ATO was historically known as the "fragmentary order" or "frag order". Pilots continue to informally refer to it as the "frag"; to be "fragged" to a mission is to be assigned to it, and "as fragged" indicates that an operation will/did occur in accordance with the original ATO, without modifications.

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Full Form	Category
Agro Technologisch Onderzoek	Academic & Science
Alpha Tau Omega	Academic & Science
Asset Turnover	Accounts and Finance
Athens (oh)	Airport Code
Atmos Energy Corporation	Business
Aquitaine Total Organico	Business
Assembled To Order	Business
Approved Training Organization	Business
Alternative Trade Organisation	Business
Approved Time-Off	Business
Are They On??	Community
Art Takes Over	Community
Analog Tandem Office (TIA-646-B)	Computer and Networking
Alpha To Omega	Computer Technology
Automation Technologies Online	Computing
All Technology Off	Computing
Approval To Operate	Computing
Authority To Operate	Computing
Air Traffic Operations	General
Arab Towns Organization	General
After The Order	General
Against the Odds	General
Anti Terrorist Organisation	General
Accredited Training Organisation	General
After Tan Odor	General
after timeout or	General
Assisted Turn Over	General
Aviation Training Organization	General
Anti Terror Operations	General
Administrative Time Off	General
Aborted Take-Off	General
Airport Ticketing Office	General
Automatic Transmission Oil	General
Austin Thunderbird Owners	General
Ad Text Optimization	General
Automatic Transmission Operations	General
Assemble To Order	General
Ocean Tug (Auxiliary, Tug, Ocean)	General
Air Traffic Organization	General
Approved Training Organisations	General
Auto top off	General
Advanced Technical Orthographic	General
Automatic Train Operation	Governmental
Air Traffic Operations Service	Governmental
Automatic Take Off	Governmental
Authorization To Operate	Governmental
Anti Terrorist Organization	Governmental
Automatic Transmission Out	Governmental
Air Traffic Organisation	Governmental
Area Training Officer	Governmental
Assist the Officer	Governmental
Australian Taxation Office	Income Tax
Ankara Ticaret Odasi	International
Air Tasking Order	Military and Defence
Air Target Officer	Military and Defence
Anti-terrorism Officer	Military and Defence
Ammunition Technical Officer	Military and Defence
Australian Tax Office	Regional
Australian Transport Office	Regional
Abort-to-orbit	Space Science