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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Anyone who’s saying dogfighting is obsolete doesn’t know what they’re talking about. While improved technology makes it less likely, only a fool doesn’t prepare for it.
The US in particular learned that lesson very quickly in Vietnam. The goal is to kill the enemy before they see you, but you still prepare to go toe to toe with them, or you’ll end up dead.
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