[antiRepublicrat]

Soviet aircraft designs always had a certain aesthetic that set them apart from what we, the British, the French, and the Swedes came up with.

I think they had their hits and misses. This is a beautiful bird, so is the Sukhoi of the same generation. It's quite a bit different than the MiG-25's concept of "Let's slap a cockpit and wings onto a couple really big engines." But even that is more elegant than the butt-ugly MiG-23.

Maybe they just had some different designers in the Vietnam era, because I've seen a MiG-15 up close, and it looks very nice.

[katana]

Agree completely. At least they never, as far was we know, came up with something and butt ugly as this.