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~~Date of earliest event reported): ~~March~~June 188, 2026

~~AIR~~Air ~~INDUSTRIES~~Industries ~~GROUP~~Group

(Exact ~~Name~~name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in its ~~Charter~~charter)

Nevada	001-35927	80-0948413
State of Incorporation	Commission File Number	IRS Employer I.D. Number
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1460 Fifth Avenue, Bay Shore, New York 11706

1460 Fifth Avenue, Bay Shore, New York		11706
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

~~(Address~~Registrant’s telephone ofnumber, ~~Principal Executive~~including ~~Offices~~area code: (631) 968-5000

~~Registrant’s~~Not ~~telephone number: (631) 968-5000~~Applicable

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001	AIRI	NYSE American
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share	AIRI	NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 51.0201 ~~Departure~~Entry ofinto ~~Directors~~a orMaterial ~~Certain~~Definitive ~~Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Agreement.

OnAmendment ~~March 18, 2026, Mr. Scott Glassman was appointed by the Board of Directors of Air Industries Group (the “Company”)~~ to ~~the positions of Acting~~Merger Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Mr. Glassman will also serve as President of each of the Company’s subsidiaries. Mr. Glassman was employed by the Company from 2007 to 2015 in various senior positions in the Company’s finance department and rejoined the Company in March 2019. Mr. Glassman was appointed to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Secretary of our Company on October 16, 2024, positions which he held until his appointment as Acting Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Glassman is currently paid an annual salary of $231,000.Agreement

~~Concurrent~~On ~~with~~June ~~the~~8, ~~appointment~~2026, Air ofIndustries ~~Mr.~~Group ~~Glassman~~(“AIR”) toentered ~~the~~into ~~positions~~an ofamendment ~~Chief Executive Officer and President of~~ (the ~~Company,~~“Amendment”) ~~the Board appointed Mr. Brian Drisgula~~ to the ~~positions~~ ofAgreement ~~Vice President of Finance~~ and ~~Secretary~~Plan of Merger, ~~the~~dated ~~Company. Mr. Drisgula will also serve~~ as ~~Treasurer and Secretary~~ of ~~each~~February ~~of the~~16, ~~Company’s~~2026, ~~subsidiaries.~~among ~~Mr.~~Tenax ~~Drisgula~~Aerospace ~~has~~Acquisition, ~~been~~LLC ~~employed~~(“Tenax”), byAIR ~~the~~and ~~Company~~Transitory ~~since~~Air ~~October~~Sub LLC ~~2024,~~(“Merger ~~most~~Sub”) ~~recently serving as~~ (the ~~Director of~~“Merger ~~Finance~~Agreement”). ~~From~~The ~~April 2023 to October 2024~~Amendment, ~~Mr.~~which ~~Drisgula~~is ~~served~~annexed hereto as aExhibit ~~Senior Finance Manager at Circor International, Inc~~10.1, ~~a large aerospace~~ ~~and~~amended ~~defense contractor listed on~~ the ~~New~~definition ~~York~~of ~~Stock~~AIR ~~Exchange.~~Net ~~Prior~~Indebtedness to(as ~~joining~~defined ~~Circor,~~in ~~from~~Section ~~May~~1.01 of ~~2015~~the ~~through~~Merger ~~February of 2023, Mr~~Agreement). ~~Drisgula~~ ~~was~~The aparties’ ~~Plant~~purpose ~~Controller~~in ~~for~~executing the ~~Akorn,~~Amendment ~~Inc,~~is ato ~~publicly~~mitigate ~~held~~the ~~generic~~impact ~~pharmaceutical~~of ~~manufacturer.~~the ~~Mr.~~Advance ~~Drisgula~~and ~~holds~~the aPromissory ~~Bachelor~~Note ~~of Science~~(each ~~degree~~as indefined ~~Accounting~~below) ~~from~~on the ~~State~~calculation ~~University~~ of ~~New~~AIR ~~York~~Net ~~at Binghamton~~ Indebtedness and ~~has~~thereby ~~been licensed as a CPA by~~ the ~~State~~number of ~~New~~shares ~~York since~~of ~~2000.~~common ~~Mr.~~stock ~~Drisgula~~of isAIR ~~employed~~to atbe ~~will~~issued byto the ~~Company~~members ~~and~~of ~~his~~Tenax ~~salary~~pursuant isto ~~currently~~the ~~$165,000~~Merger ~~per year~~Agreement.

~~Item~~Air 9Industries Machining Corp.01 ~~Financial~~(“AIM”), ~~Statements~~a wholly owned subsidiary of AIR, received a prepayment of $1,971,070 (the “Advance”) on June 2, 2026, in respect of product being manufactured and ~~Exhibits~~anticipated to be delivered to one of AIM’s customers (the “Customer”). Prior to receipt of the Advance, AIM and the Customer agreed to a form of promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) and AIM intends to abide by the provisions of such Promissory Note with respect to the application of the proceeds and repayment of the Advance. The Advance is to be used solely to purchase necessary supplies, manufacture the product and deliver the product to the Customer’s facility in the United States. The Advance is non-interest bearing, other than upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Promissory Note). The Advance is to be repaid by AIM to the Customer no later than November 30, 2026, and the Customer shall have the right to set off amounts due in respect of the Advance against amounts that the Customer would owe in respect of product anticipated to be delivered in accordance with an agreed-upon schedule.

~~(d)~~Item ~~Exhibits~~9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
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(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 8, 2026, among Tenax Aerospace Acquisition, LLC, Air Industries Group and Transitory Air Sub LLC

10.2		Form of Promissory Note with respect to advance received June 2, 2026.*

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~~SIGNATURES~~* Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally an unredacted and complete copy of the exhibit to the SEC upon request.

~~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.~~1

~~Dated: March 20, 2026~~SIGNATURES

~~AIR~~Pursuant to ~~INDUSTRIES~~the ~~GROUP~~requirements ~~By:~~of ~~/s/~~the ~~Scott~~Securities ~~Glassman~~Exchange ~~Scott~~Act ~~Glassman~~of ~~Chief~~1934, ~~Executive~~the ~~Officer~~registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

Date: June 12, 2026	By:	/s/ Scott Glassman
		Scott Glassman
		Acting Chief Executive Officer and President

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