You need DD Form 2130-2, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: C-130 E/H/J Load Plan. Its official title is C-130 E/H/J Load Plan.
Your second step is the edition, not stated, listed as not stated. Your third is scope. Because the number carries a DD prefix, you use the same blank as every other military department and defense agency; no service-specific version exists for you to hunt down.
Once you know the form fits, find out when you file it. not stated sets the requirement, and not stated maintains the form itself. Your own command or agency adds local timing on top of that, so ask your administrative office if the deadline matters to you.
Before you download, pick your approach — editable file or printed page. What follows covers the formats first, then the entries, then what you do afterward.
Begin at the top and move down. Enter your identifying data first, then the body of the form, then the signature block. The sequence is printed in that order because entries below frequently follow from entries above.
Your first action is verification. Find the edition date on the form and match it against not stated. A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
Take the fields in order and answer all of them. Mark inapplicable items N/A instead of leaving white space. When you reach a date, copy the format shown on the form, since a reviewer reading a different convention may misread your entry entirely.
Do not skip past the Privacy Act Statement. It is placed ahead of the personal data fields on purpose: it explains under what authority you are being asked, what happens to the information, and what follows if you decline. Take the minute it costs.
Sign last, and sign properly. On paper that means ink in the signature block. Electronically it means a digital signature, usually applied with your Common Access Card in a reader that supports it. Typing your name into the field does not sign anything. Then add the date beside your signature — an unsigned or undated form is the most common reason one comes back.
Then check your work against the usual failures: an obsolete edition, empty required boxes, handwriting nobody can read after scanning, wrong date format, missing signature or date.
Look up an unclear item on the form face before anywhere else, then in not stated. Should the two texts conflict, the directive is the one you follow.
Download the form
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 2 pages, with approximately 200 fields to complete.
Download the pdf first. After it opens, test a field with your cursor. Fillable means you type, tab to the next box, and save your work inside the file. Printable means the page is a flat blank, so print it and write your answers in ink.
Go with the typed route whenever the choice is yours. Consider what happens after you submit: the copy gets scanned, forwarded and filed, and each pass costs handwriting some legibility. Block letters help if you are stuck with a pen.
What the form asks for
- 1. UNIT BEING AIRLIFTED (Name or Number)
- 2. UNIT IDENTIFICATION CODE
- 3. TYPE MOVEMENT PLAN
- 4. MOVEMENT DATE
- 5. UNIT AIRCRAFT LOAD NO.
- 6. MISSION NUMBER
- 7. AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER
- 8. CONFIGURATION
- 9. DEPARTURE AIRFIELD
- 10. DESTINATION AIRLIFTED
- a. LOAD SEQUENCE_Row_1
- b. ITEM MODEL AND NOMENCLATURE/DESCRIPTION_Row_1
- c. TRANSPORTATION CONTROL NO. VEHICLE PACKAGES/SERIAL NO. INCREMENT NO._Row_1
- REMARKS CODE (From col. h.)_Row_1
- OTHER REMARKS_Row_1
- LENGTH_Row_1
- WIDTH_Row_1
- HEIGHT_Row_1
- GROSS WEIGHT (Total pounds)_Row_1
- FUSELAGE STATION_Row_1
- MOMENT (1,000)_Row_1
- GROSS WEIGHT (Total pounds)_Row_1
- FUSELAGE STATION_Row_1
- MOMENT (1,000)_Row_1
With the form finished, route it to the office named in not stated or in your organization's own instruction. Keep a copy first. People rarely regret having one and frequently regret not having one.
When DD Form 2130-2 references another form, search on the series and number. Because DD numbers are common to every military department, the number by itself identifies exactly one document.
Here is where people go wrong. They see a number in an instruction and download whichever form matches it. But DA and DD are separate systems — Army-specific in one case, Department-wide under not stated in the other — so check which series you were sent to before you take the file.
Plan to repeat this step whenever the form comes up again. Revisions follow directive changes, changes in what data is collected, and updates to notice language. Since nobody notifies you, check not stated at download and you have covered it.
One thing this page does not do: tell you whether your submission will be accepted. We publish the document and explain how to complete it, and that is where our role ends. Nothing here is legal advice. Take questions about eligibility, applicability or procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2130-2?
- C-130 E/H/J Load Plan
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?