Vladimir,
First of all, this whole thing has been blown out of proportion by the same yahoo who blows everything out of proportion. I mentioned that we used the "brick with jets" comment towards MiGs and "Woot the Hoot" went ape-poop over it. What he failed to find out was that we weren't talking about the MiG-21, we were talking about the 15 and the 17. I would venture to say that even to this day the 21 is a formidable opponent. The 29 is pretty sweet too, but like many of the modern US aircraft, it requires a significant amount of maintenance. The brick comment was not meant as a bust on Soviet aircraft. The same thing could be said about US aircraft from the same era.
But true to his (Woot) nature, next thing I know, we are seeing who can pee the farthest and beating our chests.
It was just a simple comment that was taken WAY out of context.
Despite the fact that I believe we have the best Air Force, that doesn't mean that other forces are slackards. Who in their right mind wouldn't root for the home team, especially if you play on the home team?

-Rob V.