AZ State Order · Half-Staff
Flags at Half-Staff for Maj. Gen. David P. Rataczak
June 22, 2026
Governor Katie Hobbs of Arizona ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff on June 22, 2026, in honor of the interment of retired Maj. Gen. David P. Rataczak. Maj. Gen. Rataczak served as Arizona Adjutant General and Director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs from 1999 to 2008, and passed away on June 5 at the age of 81. He was a highly decorated Army veteran who enlisted in 1965, completed aviation training, and flew more than 1,000 combat hours in Vietnam with the 334th Armed Helicopter Company before his distinguished career in Arizona's National Guard.
Flag protocol
Fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on June 22, 2026
Source: halfstaff.org