Steven Hiller

A main character from "Independence Day" (1996) movie, Steven "Steve" Hiller (c. 1965 - April 6, 2007) was a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot and Captain of the Black Knights squadron stationed at El Toro in Irvine, California.

He was a war hero of the War of 1996 in which he participated in the destruction of the alien mothership. Following the war, he was promoted to Colonel and enlisted in the Earth Space Defense. In 2007, he tragically died test piloting the ESD's first alien hybrid fighter.