The air jordan is the famous brand of nike basketball shoe named after the nickname of the legendary American basketball player Michael Jordan.

Jordan, also known as Air Jordan or His Airness has been considered basketball's greatest-ever player. Jordan signed the deal with nike in 1984, and Jordan Brand, a Nike subsidiary started producing the air jordan shoes.

The company came up with Air Jordan I designed by Peter Moore in 1985. Bruce Kilgore designed the Air Jordan II launched in 1986/87 and Tinker Hatfield designed Air Jordan III and Air Jordan IV released in 1988 and 1989 respectively.

The company has recently released Air Jordan 2009. Today, the Air Jordans or Nike Air Jordans are worn and endorsed by athletes all over the globe.