RE-Fresh: Nike Air Force 180 (1992)

Produced by: Dan Hwang
Written by: Jesse Carr

After detailed investigations of the highly technical Air Foamposite 1 (1997) and the Air Flightposite 2 (2000) in our last two Re-Fresh segments, it’s time to go back to the start of the 90s, the period many still herald as the golden era of sneakers. In 1992, Nike introduced the Air Force 180 basketball model in its low top form, though the construction looks more like a mid in today’s market. The shoe was worn by a man who at the time, and even still today to some extent, was among the most controversial players in the game; a man with a bald head, a vicious scowl, and a mercurial temper