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Pretty much everything besides CAS or Dynamic Targeting/Time-Sensitive Targeting. DT would be where a B-52 or something just loiters waiting for a target to pop up. TST would basically be a high-priority DT with a limited window of opportunity...the perfect example was a couple of years ago when a B-1 bombed a little cafe in Baghdad and missed Saddam Hussein by like 2 minutes. That specific event is why TST has become such a hot item in the AF.
Typically a strike mission would be a preplanned mission, usually organized a couple of days in advance.
Getting a little further into the weeds, flying a strike mission automatically involves other assets...You have your strikers, the OCA mission (escorts, basically), SEAD mission, tankers, etc. They're all their own "mission" but its not completely incorrect to call the whole thing a "strike mission."
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