Which document is this? DD Form 2130-2, official title C-130 E/H/J Load Plan. What does it do? It exists to C-130 E/H/J Load Plan. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Does it apply to your branch? Yes. The DD prefix means Department of Defense, not one service, so the same blank serves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction. There is no Army version and no Navy version to search for.
Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
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
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 200 entry fields.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
What does any of this cost? Nothing. Every format listed is a free download. One practical note: save the file and open it in a desktop pdf reader, because browser previews often ignore interactive fields and lose what you typed.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
Which fields are required? Treat all of them as required, marking N/A where an item genuinely does not apply. What trips people on dates? Writing them in a familiar format instead of the one the form specifies.
Why read the Privacy Act Statement? Because it sits ahead of the personal data fields deliberately. It names the collection authority, the principal purpose, the routine uses of your data and the consequence of declining. Reading it afterward tells you nothing you can still act on.
How do you sign electronically? With a digital signature, usually CAC-based, in a reader that handles it. Will typing your name work? Not as execution — it fills a field without certifying anything. Either way, the date goes in immediately after.
What sends forms back most often? An obsolete edition, blank required boxes, handwriting illegible after scanning, dates in a format the form did not ask for, and certification without a signature or without a date.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? 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?