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Image via Complex Original 30. Designer Bruce Kilgore Also Helped Design The K-Car
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Image via Complex Original 29. The Initial Prototype Had A Steel Shank
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Image via Complex Original 28. The Cathedral of Notre Dame Inspired the Midsole Design
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Image via Complex Original 27. The Air Force 1 Was One Of The First Cupsole Basketball Shoes
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Image via Complex Original 26. The Air Force 1 Got Tinker Hatfield Into Sneaker Design
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Image via Complex Original 25. The Original Air Force 1 Design Featured A Mesh Toebox
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Image via Complex Original 24. The DCEC Commitee Helped Inspire The Air Force 1
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Image via Complex Original 23. They're Named After The President's Plane
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Image via Complex Original 22. They Were The First Nike Air Basketball Sneaker
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Image via Complex Original 21. There Was Initially Another Designer Before Bruce Kilgore Started Working On It
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Image via Complex Original 20. The Air Force 1 Was The First Retro Sneaker
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Image via Complex Original 19. Bruce Kilgore Was Designing the Air Force 1 and Sock Racer Simultaneously
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Image via Complex Original 18. The Original Nike Air Force 1 Was Released In 1982 and Discontinued in 1984
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Image via Complex Original 17. The Ankle Strap Was Made Removable Because Some Weartesters Didn't Like It
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Image via Complex Original 16. The Air Force 1 Was Weartested in Exeter, The Original Research Lab at Nike
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Image via Complex Original 15. The Air Force 1 Design Was Inspired By Hiking Boots
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Image via Complex Original 14. The Air Force 1 Was The First Sneaker NBA Players Had Trouble Destroying
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Image via Complex Original 13. The First Air Force 1s Were High Top Only
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Image via Complex Original 12. The Ankle Strap Was Officially Called A Proprioceptic Belt
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Image via Complex Original 11. When They Gave Out Weartest Samples, People Refused To Give Them Back
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Image via Complex Original 10. The Air Force 1 Wasn't The First Sneaker Called "Uptowns"
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Image via Complex Original 9. Bruce Kilgore Worked Alongside Nike's First Employee, Jeff Johnson
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Image via Complex Original 8. Bruce Kilgore Still Works For Nike
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Image via Complex Original 7. The Air Force 1 Was The First Nike Sneaker at 4-Digit Prices
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Image via Complex Original 6. Nike Created The Air Force 1, But The People Made It
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Image via Complex Original 5. Kobe Bryant Wore Them In An NBA Game
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Image via Complex Original 4. The "Pivot Point" Was the First Of Its Kind
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Image via Complex Original 3. The Air Force 1 Inspired A Whiter White
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Image via Complex Original 2. There Are Nearly 2,000 Versions Of The Air Force 1
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Image via Complex Original 1. The Air Force 1 Is The Best-Selling Athletic Shoe In History
