Defense budget.

• Author: Windham, Jeff

* The Defense Department is facing budget shortfalls (as National Defense Magazine has been reporting) that won't be solved with small changes and sloganeering. Big steps are required. Here are six:

* There are four air forces in the Defense Department. Eliminate one.

* Eliminate airborne infantry capability. Outside a few special ops missions, there are better ways to arrive on the battlefield than a silk canopy.

* Disband all service specific weapon acquisition organizations. Form a single Defense Materiel Command. Side benefit, less...