Before, plotting had to be performed manually, and it would take hours to implement a change in the air attack order. If the commander wanted to change the targets on a plot, it would take hours just to plot them on an acetate map. Now, thousands of targets can be plotted very quickly and displayed in digital format. For instance, if air superiority is the number one priority, targets associated with achieving air superiority are moved up automatically on the target list. If the objective changes to close air support, the target priorities will change to achieve that objective.
Vulture also provides hardcopy target lists used to develop the master air attack plan.
In addition, it is used for joint guidance apportionment and targeting allowing the warfighter to see a digital depiction of a battlefield area alongside a list of the targets simultaneously. Previously, this has not been possible. Vulture is already starting to gain the attention of many military leaders. Robert Killefer, 608th AIS chief of targets. What started out as a solution to a local shortfall, identified by Killefer, is now on the threshold of becoming a requirement for current and future AOC planning tools.