Air Industries Group, Inc. Announces First Quarterly Dividend

BAY SHORE, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 17, 2012) - Air Industries Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AIRI) today announced that its Board of Directors approved the initiation of quarterly cash dividends to its shareholders. This is the first cash dividend paid to shareholders in the company's history.

A quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per common share will be paid on November 15, 2012, to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 31, 2012. Future dividends will be subject to Board and Bank approval.

Mr. Michael Taglich, Chairman of the Board of Air Industries Group, commented: "Our Board is confident in the Company's position and we plan on paying quarterly dividends as a matter of policy, so long as it is prudent and possible to do so. We are delighted that we can deliver dividend income to shareholders as we continue to reduce our debt. Our internal growth opportunities, which we are excited about, are more than adequately funded. We will be pursuing select acquisition opportunities that are strategic and accretive. Having a marketable stock that pays a dividend should enhance our financial ability to do smart deals in a disciplined manner."

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ABOUT AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.

Air Industries Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AIRI) is an integrated manufacturer of precision components and provider of supply chain services for the aerospace and defense industry. The Company has over 35 years of experience in the industry and has developed leading positions in several important markets that have significant barriers to entry. With embedded relationships with many leading aerospace and defense prime contractors, the Company designs and manufactures structural parts and assemblies that focus on flight safety, including landing gear, arresting gear, engine mounts and flight controls. Air Industries Group also provides sheet metal fabrication, tube bending, and welding services.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are 'forward-looking statements' intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, the Company's statements regarding trends in the marketplace, the ability to realize firm backlog and projected backlog, potential future results and acquisitions, are examples of such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the timing of projects due to variability in size, scope and duration, the inherent discrepancy in actual results from estimates, projections and forecasts made by management regulatory delays, changes in government funding and budgets, and other factors, including general economic conditions, not within the Company's control The factors discussed herein and expressed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed in or implied by such statements. The forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.