If I strung the words “study” and “simulation” together in a sentence, one after the other, you’d probably ask why I’m fond of tautologies. You haven’t played Digital Combat Simulator’s A-10C Warthog.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The ability for ordinary folks to fly over mountains and valleys in Utah’s West Desert in an A-10 Thunderbolt II is now a reality — a virtual reality — at Hill Aerospace Museum.