Now, it’s time to take a closer look at the low version of Tinker Hatfield’s Air Jordan 5, the fifth model of Michael ...

Taking design influences from the traditional fighter jet, the Jordan 5’s styling stays fresh to this day with its low profile, toggle laces, overlay, visible air unit, and Jumpman tongue.

The Air Jordan 5 showed up right when Michael Jordan, Nike, and Tinker Hatfield were hitting their collective stride. Jordan back then was without a championship, but very much ascendant.

And the plan worked: Nike had expected to sell 100,000 pairs of the Air Jordan 1 in its first year—but instead "sold 1.5 million pairs in the first six weeks alone," say Jordan reps. The brand ...