UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 26, 2005


                             FORWARD AIR CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Tennessee                    000-22490                 62-1120025
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(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

             430 Airport Road
          Greeneville, Tennessee                                  37745
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 (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (423) 636-7000


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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SECTION 2.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

Item 2.02.     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     Attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated  herein by reference is a copy of
a press  release,  dated July 26,  2005,  announcing  the  financial  results of
Forward Air Corporation (the "Company") for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.

SECTION 5. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT.

Item 5.02.     Departure  of  Directors  or  Principal  Officers;   Election  of
               Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

     The Company's  Board of Directors has elected G. Michael Lynch to its Board
of Directors,  effective July 26, 2005. Mr. Lynch has been appointed to serve on
the Board's Audit Committee. There are no arrangements or understandings between
Mr.  Lynch and any other  persons  pursuant to which Mr. Lynch was selected as a
director.  There have been no transactions  since the beginning of the Company's
last fiscal year, or any currently  proposed  transaction,  or series of similar
transactions,  to which the Company was or is to be a party, in which the amount
involved  exceeds  $60,000 and in which Mr. Lynch had, or will have, a direct or
indirect material interest.


SECTION 9.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)  Exhibits.  The  following  exhibit is being  furnished as part of this
          Report.


      Exhibit
       Number                          Description
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        99.1       Press Release of Forward Air Corporation dated July 26, 2005.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                              FORWARD AIR CORPORATION


Date: July 26, 2005                           By:  /s/ Andrew C. Clarke
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                                                   Andrew C. Clarke
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
                                                   and Senior Vice President


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

   No.                              Exhibit
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  99.1      Press Release of Forward Air Corporation dated July 26, 2005.