The days of dogfighting is over. I still stand to my vote about stealth being the most important. But as our webmaster said, once your involved in a dogfight then aguility is more important.
But does not all pilots want to avoid dogfighting? Todays missions are mostly about taking out groundtargets, so you need to stay undetected. If you are detected and have succesfully dropped your load on your target, you need to get out of there. You dont stay and take up a fight, you would probably not have the sufficent fuel to make it back to base or the refuling aircraft.
The point im trying to make here is, that today dogfighting is the last resort you take if everything else fails. Just look at the development of the aircraft, most are multirole today. There is no need anylonger for jets like Viggen, F-104, MIG25/31, Tornado and so on. Yes, there are a couple of pourpuse built aircraft in service today, like the A-10. But these are not built for dogfighting in the first case. They have a supporting role on the battlefield for the goundunits. They are more stable at low altitude or slow speed. A prime example is of course the F-117, it never had to dogfight, thanks to its stealth capabilities.
Im sorry to say but this is what the future holds in it hands for airwarfare. Next step will be unmanned stealth aircraft (which i really dislike).
If you feel im way wrong, please feel free to educate me.