ussell Casse is a character from the movie Independence Day. HIn the endig he sacrifices himself to destroy a City Destroyer during during The Battle of Area 51 by flying right into the Heat Ray Core.
Russell served as a pilot in the Vietnam War. Around 1986 he was abducted by the aliens. They did a lot of experiments on him that led to trauma's. When his wife got sick, he could not give her enough attention, because he was searching for clues about his abduction. This led to her death, and to Russell's drinking problem. He and his children live in a camper, and he worked as a crop duster.