The merges with Dutch military accident investigation authorities to for the Dutch Safety Board, which takes over the responsibility for aviation accident investigations in the Netherlands.

Dutch Transport Safety Board

The flight operations of , a wholly owned subsidiary of Austrian Airlines, merge with those of Austrian Airlines. The brand "Lauda Air" survives for charter flights operated by the Austrian Airlines Group.

Lauda Air

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December- with the 27th Fighter Squadron

F-22 Raptor

Deadliest crash[edit]

The deadliest crash of this year was West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 which crashed near Machiques, Venezuela on 16 August, killing all 160 people on board. This particular accident took place in August 2005, which is one of the deadliest months in aviation to date, in which 351 people were killed in six major accidents.

27 July – was retired by the Italian Air Force, the final military user of the F104.[27]

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Jackson, Paul, ed. (2006). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2006–2007. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group.  978-0-7106-2745-2.

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