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

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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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Anonymous 0 Comments

You not seen Top Gun 2? The US big wigs are all for moving onto drone warfare, but Maverick had to step up in his jet fighter in the end.

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