Did a couple as a trainee controller about quarter of a century ago at an R&D unit. The aircraft would not be handed to the PAR controller until cockpit checks complete. Civvy pilots should not forget the complexity of a single seat fast jet compared to a multi-crew fully equipped modern luxurywagon. During the PAR talkdown there would be a transmission break to confirm gear and flaps, and intention. Consider also that earlier military jets needed real pilots....for example, the icing letdown in a Canberra.....or perhaps homing to the overhead [engine-out] to commence a spiral letdown and report passing cardinal points.
Remember what on-board navaids you had 25 years ago, the military pilot probably had less than half of that, and probably not much fuel either. For the controller, the kit is like something from the dark ages, and requires a high degree of technical knowledge to both set up and use....top respect to any PAR people out there!