Bally Heck,
Can't remember the name of the aircraft you saw, but I saw an article in Flight about 7-8 years ago about it. Its a Russian aircraft that they used for serious rough field work, IIRC the idea was the engines above the wing gave a lot more protection from FOD, also the take off roll was reduced as the jet efflux over the wing helped create more lift.
Of course I could be wrong
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=119353
Edit to add link to picture
[This message has been edited by Pdub (edited 09 November 2000).]