I was one of the supply officers at Odiham in 1982 when the Falklands war started and recall being tasked with collecting together all the NVGs that could be found around the RAF most of which seemed to come from fast jet stations. I was previously unaware of the existence of NVGs and cannot recall any arriving at Odiham prior to the war. This was seen to be a fairly sensitive matter and although most were destined for use by the Chinooks we acted as a central distribution point issuing NVGs to other force elements as directed by HQSTC.