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Nellis wing commander to appear on ‘Jeopardy!’

If there’s an “Air Combat Aviation” category on the Dec. 2 episode of “Jeopardy!”, Col. Dave Belote ought to do well.

Belote, commander of the 99th Air Base Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., will fulfill a lifelong dream when he appears on the game show.

“I’ve been trying for years to be on the show,” Belote said. “I have always been able to play silly memory tricks and have had a mind for trivia.”

Belote taped the episode Oct. 14 in Los Angeles, but couldn’t tell Air Force Times how well he did until after the show aired. He did, however, reveal that to succeed on “Jeopardy!” one must not only possess encyclopedic knowledge, but also attain mastery of the buzzer.