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DD Form 1748-3- — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 1748-3, Joint Airdrop Summary Report, November 1997. Stated purpose: JOINT AIRDROP SUMMARY REPORT. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 140.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
What the form asks for
- Period: from.
- To.
- To.
- From.
- Type of parachute, line 2.
- Number of jumps/malfunctions by type of aircraft: C-5.
- C-17.
- C-130.
- C-141.
- Other type of aircraft.
- Other type of aircraft.
- Type of parachute, line 3.
- Number of jumps/malfunctions by type of aircraft: C-5.
- C-17.
- C-130.
- C-141.
- Other type of aircraft.
- Other type of aircraft.
- Type of parachute, line 4.
- Number of jumps/malfunctions by type of aircraft: C-5.
- C-17.
- C-130.
- C-141.
- Other type of aircraft.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1748-3-?
- DD Form 1748-3, Joint Airdrop Summary Report, November 1997
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?