If aerial dogfighting is obselete, why do pilots still train for it and why are planes still built for it?

Question

I have seen comments over and over saying traditional dogfights are over, but don’t most pilot training programs still emphasize dogfight training? The F-35 is also still very much an agile plane. If dogfights are in the past, why are modern stealth fighters not just large missile/bomb/drone trucks built to emphasize payload?

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Answer 1

For the same reason soldiers still train for hand-to- hand combat. It’s not the primary means of fighting but shit can happen and you need to be prepared for it.