 Named in honor of Muskogee native Jack Davis, who was killed in action in the South Pacific in World War II, Muskogee-Davis Regional Airport was previously known as Davis Field and prior to that, Muskogee Army Airfield, a U.S. Army Air Forces installation.Built in 1941–42 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the War Department, the initial runway was constructed by commandeering a straight stretch of U.S. Highway 64.The facility was leased by the U.S. government in October 1942 to serve as a Ground Air Support Base to nearby Camp Gruber.