The Air Jordan 5 Retro Fire Red Black Tongue Returns September 2025

With Jordan Brand's 40th Anniversary in 2025, we’re being inundated with various OG colorways across the extensive Air Jordan lineup. For the Air Jordan 5, which celebrates its 35th birthday this year, Jordan Brand just launched a new “Reimagined” version of the Black Metallic colorway and has even more in store for the silhouette throughout the year, including a return of the Grape rendition in June. The first images of the 2025 retro of another OG Air Jordan 5 have now hit the ‘net — the Fire Red Black Tongue.

Here is some backstory on this version of the AJ 5 for those unaware: the pair was one of the original Air Jordan 5 colorways that hit shelves in 1990. However, its two retros in 2006 and 2013 differed from the original. The font used for the embroidered 23 on the lateral heel changed, and there has not been a version with Nike Air since 1990. However, this new version for 2025 will revert to the original Nike Air logo on the heel.