Nike Air Force 1s were ubiquitous in Harlem, New York, giving rise to the nickname "Uptowns".

[7] It was re-introduced in 1986 with the modern italic Nike logo with a "Swoosh" revenue on the bottom of the back of the shoe.

Little has changed to the Air Force One since its creation in 1982, although the stitching on the side panels of earlier versions is no longer present.

An actual "Air FORCE" logo was introduced on this model as well, with an image of half of a basketball on the tongue.

The new shoe followed the same design as the previous model with a visible air unit and featured a synthetic upper.

In 2017, Nike partnered with Don C, Kareem "Biggs" Burke, Errolson Hugh, Travis Scott and Virgil Abloh for the 35th anniversary of the shoe.

The issue that went up on appeal was whether these tactics had thereby rendered the entire dispute moot (meaning there was no longer an active case or controversy), so that the U.S. federal courts had been deprived of jurisdiction to hear the defendant's counterclaim.

[17] St. Louis rapper Nelly and his group, St. Lunatics, released a 2002 single titled "Air Force Ones" about the shoes.

The shoe is also a focus of 2007 single "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)", a collaboration between Kanye West, Nas, Rakim and KRS-One.

[6] "Black Air Force 2s" are mentioned in the second line of the lyrics of the 2008 single "Dope Boys", released from The Game's third studio album, LAX.

From 2008 to 2014, Jax Teller (played by Charlie Hunnam) wears his trademark white-on-white retro low-top Air Force 1s throughout Sons of Anarchy, until they are discarded in the final episode of the series.

[6] In 2016, Quicksilver (played by actor Evan Peters) uses a custom silver-colored Air Force 1 in the movie X-Men: Apocalypse.

In the late 2010s and 2020s, the slang term "black Air Force energy" – in reference to the black-on-black styling of the shoe – described someone or something that was wild, aggressive, and had flagrant disregard and contempt for others and established rules.