In article ,
Ed Rasimus wrote:

One of the things we were working on with the ATF (F-23) program was
low-cost desk-top trainers networked with both dome simulators and
computer-generated entities to create a combat scenario.

For a look at a Swedish variant of this, see this:
http://www.flsc.foi.se/index_eng.html

It can be noted that one of the, if not the, most expensive
pieces of hardware are the system controller/throttles.
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