What is Steve Pisanos?
{{Infobox military person |name= Steve Pisanos |birth_date= {{birth date|1919|11|10}} |death_date= {{death date and age|2016|6|6|1919|11|10}} |birth_place= [[Metaxourgeio]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]] |death_place= [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] |image= Steve Pisanos 2006 Gathering of Eagles Lithograph.jpg |caption= Pisanos' 2006 [[Gathering of Eagles]] Lithograph |nickname= The Flying Greek |allegiance={{flag|United States of America}} |branch= [[File:Seal of the United States Department of the Air Force.svg|25px]] [[United States Air Force]] |serviceyears= 1942&ndash;1974 (32 years) |rank=[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] |current position= |unit = [[4th Operations Group|4th Fighter Group]] <br/> [[No. 71 Squadron RAF]] |battles= [[World War II]]<br>[[Vietnam War]] |awards= |relations= |laterwork= Author }} '''Steve Pisanos''' (born '''Spiros Pisanos'''; {{lang-el|Σπύρος Πίσανος}} του Νικολάου και της Αθηνάς; November 10, 1919 &ndash; June 6, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imodeler.com/2016/06/rip-spiros-steve-pisanos-1920-2016/|title=RIP Spiros “Steve” Pisanos (1920-2016)|website=iModeler}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[USAF]] [[Colonel]]. He served as a fighter pilot for the British [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) and the [[United States Air Force]] (USAF) [[4th Fighter Group]] in [[World War II]]. By the end of his career in 1974, he received 33 decorations and distinctions. He was the author of the book '''''The Flying Greek''''', published in April 2008, where he has recorded all of his personal adventures and detailed war fighting experiences. The book is commented by his friends and renowned USAF aviators [[Gabby Gabreski]] and [[Chuck Yeager]]. Pisanos died on June 6, 2016 from [[heart failure]] at his home in [[Rancho Bernardo, San Diego|Rancho Bernardo]], [[San Diego]], [[California]], aged 96.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofsandiego.com/military/2016/06/09/steve-pisanos-dies-at-96-famed-decorated-wwii-fighter-pil