Nike is digging into its early-2010s basketball lineup for the return of the Air Flight Falcon, a model that already looked like a throwback when it first showed up in 2010. Two familiar colorways, “Black/Metallic Silver” and “White/Cool Grey,” are expected to lead the comeback during Holiday 2026.

The Air Flight Falcon was built around an older era of Nike Basketball design, borrowing cues from models like the Air Flight ’89 along with details that will look familiar to Air Jordan 4 fans. Its mid-cut shape is joined by perforated leather panels, extended eyelet pieces around the ankle and visible Air cushioning in the heel.

Layered panels and heavier tooling give the shoe the bulky basketball shape common through the late ’80s and early ’90s. Flight branding appears on the tongue as another nod to the period that inspired the original design.

Gilbert Arenas also gave the Falcon some time on an NBA court during the 2010-11 season. He wore several versions of the shoe, including a White/Grey/Blue pair against his former Washington Wizards teammates in February 2011.

Several more colorways followed after the Falcon made its debut, and Nike continued working with the silhouette into 2012. That year brought a spot in the brand’s Volt Pack, where a black nubuck version was finished with bright Volt and white details.

The returning “Black/Metallic Silver” pair goes back to a colorway originally released in June 2010. Black takes care of nearly the entire shoe, with Metallic Silver showing up on the Swoosh, hardware and smaller accents throughout the upper.

White leather covers most of the “White/Cool Grey” version, backed by grey panels and black detailing across the upper and sole. White and Cool Grey combinations were also part of the Falcon’s original run, so neither of these comeback pairs strays far from what people saw the first time around.

The Nike Air Flight Falcon “Black/Metallic Silver” and “White/Cool Grey” are expected to release overseas during Holiday 2026 for around $100. A U.S. release date has yet to be announced.

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