**Exhibit 31.1**

**Certification**

I, Andrew S. Prince, certify that:

 

1.      I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Precision Aerospace Components,Inc. (the “Company”);

 

2.      Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under whichsuch statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.      As the Company’s sole certifying officer, I am responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company andhave:

 

a.      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, includingits consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

b.      Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end ofthe period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

c.       Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financialreporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;and

d.      Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internal controlover financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Company’s fourth fiscalquarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

5.      As the Company’s sole certifying officer, I have disclosed, based on mymost recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee ofthe Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a.      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operationof internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employeeswho have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

/s/ Andrew S. Prince

Andrew S. Prince

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: August 16, 2011