German forces are e.g. on guard for several army sites in germany.
Also there’s german troops in afghanistan if you’d like to count that into securtiy duties for the US.
Did you know that the first MIG shot down during irak war 1 was lead by a german airforce officer on board of a NATO AWACS ? He commanded two F104s from the italian airforce to take out the 2 migs heading for the awacs.
I am aware that Germany is doing it’s (albeit comparetively small) share on global security matters... but it’s in little relation to what the US had done and is doing, not only for Germany but all of Europe. There can be hardly a denial that the US is bearing the overwhelming brunt of responsibility, costs and casualites.
And I take issue with the argumentation that because they can’t deal with some aging hippies who foiled their perfectly suited “bombodrome”, they should get US territory. Why don’t they ask other allies like Canada (NATO) with even larger and more remote areas, or Australia? Australia (although non-NATO) especially is suited to test Afghanistan like conditions, unlike freezy Alaska.
Italy did not deploy any F-104s to the Gulf. They only flew Tornados during the Persian Gulf War.