A grand military parade celebrating 250 years of the US Army was held on Saturday (June 14) in what was the country’s biggest display of military strength in decades. The event also coincided with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.

U.S. officials told multiple outlets that the Navy directed the USS Thomas Hudner, a destroyer capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, from the western Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it will join the USS Arleigh Burke. A second destroyer was also ordered to change course to be available if requested.

China has deployed both of its aircraft carriers—CNS Liaoning and CNS Shandong —to the east of the first island chain since June 7. Japan's military reported that its patrol aircraft was intercepted by fighter jets launched from the Shandong while conducting surveillance.

The United States is shifting military resources, including ships, in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory

The oldest airframe still flying with the USAF is a KC-135 Stratotanker with tail number 57-1419. Built in 1957, this airframe is now approaching 70 years old and remains an active asset to the Air Force's aerial refueling capabilities.

The future of military aviation is here, and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen before. The US has just unveiled its flying aircraft carrier, a $ billion project that is now officially ready for action.

The U.S. Air Force operates different types of spy aircraft and maintains forward-deployed units around the globe.