Which document is this? DD Form 2628, official title DD Form 2628, Request for Approval of Contractor Flight Crewmember, April 2006. What does it do? It exists to Request for Approval of Contractor Flight Crewmember. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.
Who decides this form exists? not stated owns it; not stated directs its use. If someone told you to file this, the authority traces back to those.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- 3. Contractor's Requesting Official (CRO) verification. Crewmember's name.
- 3. Crew position.
- 3. Type aircraft.
- 1. From (name and address of contractor's requesting official).
- 2. To (Name and address of Government Flight Representative).
- 3.a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- 3.b. Signature.
- 3.c. Date signed.
- 4. Instructor pilot/Flight examiner (IP/FE) certification. I certify that the crewmember above has satisfactorily flown a proficiency flight check on (Date).
- 4.a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- 4.b. Signature.
- 4.c. Date signed.
- 5. Government Flight Representative (GFR). Press space bar to mark X in first box if approved, second box if disapproved.
- 5.a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- 5.b. Signature.
- 5.c. Date signed.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 17 fields to complete.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Should you type or write? Type, whenever the choice is yours. The reason is what happens after submission: the record gets copied and scanned, and every pass costs handwriting legibility that typed entries never lose.
Why will not the xfdl file open? Because it is not a pdf. Xfdl belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long the Department's electronic form format, and it needs IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent reader installed first.
Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.
Where do you start? At the top. Identification first, the substance of the entry second, certification last. Why that order? Because fields lower on the page often depend on data you established in the header, and filling out of sequence produces contradictions.
What if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
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.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
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 2628?
- DD Form 2628, Request for Approval of Contractor Flight Crewmember, April 2006
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?