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DD Form 1748-5 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: JOINT AIRDROP INSPECTION RECORD (JPADS - PRECISION AIRDROP). Stated purpose: Joint Airdrop Inspection Record (JPADS-Precision Airdrop). 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.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 200.
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
- A.1_Attached
- A.1_ReleaseAway
- A.2_Correct
- A.2_Drogue
- A.3_Parachute
- A.3_Properly
- A.4_Restraint
- A.5_Parachute
- A.6_TimerKeys
- A.7_Control
- A.Parachute
- A.Transported
- AFTER_L
- AFTER_R
- B.1AGU
- B.1_Lashings
- B.2_Accompany
- B.3_AGU
- B.3_Honeycomb
- B.4_Battery
- B.4_Platform
- B.5_Avionics
- B.5_Emergency
- B.6_Rear
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
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 Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field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.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
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.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1748-5?
- JOINT AIRDROP INSPECTION RECORD (JPADS - PRECISION AIRDROP)
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?