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                           June 18, 2024

       Shawn Stewart
       Chief Executive Officer
       Forward Air Corporation
       1915 Snapps Ferry Road, Building N
       Greeneville, Tennessee 37745

                                                        Re: Forward Air 
Corporation
                                                            Registration 
Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed June 10, 2024
                                                            File No. 333-280102

       Dear Shawn Stewart:

              This is to advise you that we have not reviewed and will not 
review your registration
       statement.

               Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for 
acceleration. We remind you
       that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and 
adequacy of their
       disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of 
action by the staff.

                                                        Please contact Claudia 
Rios at 202-551-8770 with any questions.



                                                                                
                           Sincerely,

                                                                                
                           Division of Corporation Finance
                                                                                
                           Office of Energy & Transportation
       cc:                                              Flora R. Perez, Esq.