Defence Minister Pål Jonson and the Minister for Civil Defence, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, have visited the Swedish Armed Forces units in Norrbotten. During the study visit to F 21 in Luleå, the ministers flew Gripen. The Defence Minister then continued to Boden and visited Norrbotten Regiment I 19 and Boden Artillery Regiment A 8, according to a press release from the Ministry of Defence on 22 August.

On X (formerly Twitter), Bohlin wrote that the flight session was conducted with two "extremely competent pilots".