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Department of Defense form 2535. Official designation: DD Form 2535, Request for Military Aerial Support, 20160211 draft. Purpose: Request for Military Aerial Support. Current edition 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.
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.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 4 pages and contains approximately 126 fillable fields.
Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- Request number.
- 1. Category Requested. a. Press space bar to mark X if flyover.
- 1.a.(1) Date of event (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 1.a.(2) Type aircraft requested. Mark X if Any.
- 1.a.(2) List specific aircraft requested (optional).
- 1.a.(3) Military service requested. Mark X if All.
- 1.a.(3) List specific military service requested (optional).
- 1.b. Mark X if Static Display.
- 1.b.(1) Date of event (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 1.b.(2) Type aircraft requested. Mark X if Any.
- 1.b.(2) List specific aircraft requested (optional).
- 1.b.(3) Military service requested. Mark X if All.
- 1.b.(3) List specific military service requested (optional).
- 1.c. Mark X if Single Aircraft Demonstration.
- 1.c.(1) Date of event (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 1.c.(2) Type aircraft requested. Mark X if Any.
- 1.c.(2) List specific aircraft requested (optional).
- 1.c.(3) Military service requested. Mark X if All.
- 1.c.(3) List specific military service requested (optional).
- 1.d. Mark X if Other Aerial Support (i.e. Parachute, SAR).
- 1.d.(1) Date of event (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 1.d.(2) Type aircraft requested. Mark X if Any.
- 1.d.(2) List specific aircraft requested (optional).
- 1.d.(3) Military service requested. Mark X if All.
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
The signature block takes an actual signature. On paper this means ink; electronically it means a credentialed digital signature, commonly CAC-based. Typed text in a signature field satisfies neither.
Privacy Act notice: DD forms that collect personal data carry a Privacy Act Statement stating the authority for collection, the principal purpose, routine uses and whether disclosure is voluntary or mandatory. The statement is part of the form and should be read before entry, not after.
Frequent defects: obsolete edition, unfilled required boxes, handwriting that fails on reproduction, non-conforming date format, and certification without a corresponding date.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2535 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
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 2535?
- DD Form 2535, Request for Military Aerial Support, 20160211 draft
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?