Voted to make an exception and consider implementing them. Make them a special option so the purists can keep them disabled if they wish. Rationale is purely for gameplay reasons. Most of the missions on the 'big' servers have the whole complement of Gazelles available, and a lot of these missions transition into night. There tend to be fewer helos available than fast jets, so it simply provides more options to fly rather than having the non-NVG variants sitting empty.
Sure we can mod in the NVG, but it'd just be easier to have the option.
Thanks for considering this Polychop.