air industries group, inc. is an aerospace and defense company that has been supplying flight critical and other sophisticated parts and assemblies to prime defense and commercial aerospace manufacturers for over 40 years. air industries group stock is publicly traded, and is listed on the nyse mkt under the symbol airi. we design and manufacture structural parts and assemblies that focus on flight safety, including landing gear, arresting gear, engine mounts, flight controls and throttle quadrants. the company also provides sheet metal fabrication for aerostructures, tube bending and welding services. our products and services support premier aircraft in the armed forces; sikorsky blackhawk helicopter (all variants), the northrop grumman e-2 hawkeye (all variants), c-2a greyhound carrier based naval aircraft, the boeing c-17 globemaster, the f-16 fighting falcon and the f-18 hornet and the newest fighter the lockheed f-35 joint strike fighter (all variants). in 2005 air industries was