PERSON: Michelle Manhart

Michelle D. Manhart (born October 20, 1976) is a former United States Air Force Military Training Instructor who was based at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and held the rank of Staff Sergeant. In January 2007 she was relieved of duty and placed under investigation for posing nude in Playboy magazine. She was subsequently demoted to Senior Airman, a move which caused her to leave the Air Force.

Manhart, a California native, joined the Air Force in 1994, and is married with two children. When her husband was assigned to Waterloo, Iowa as an Air Force recruiter, she transferred to the Iowa Air National Guard.[6] After the September 11, 2001 attacks she was recalled to active duty, and spent time deployed to Kuwait in 2002.

She was photographed for Playboy’s February 2007 issue in uniform, partially clothed and completely nude. According to the Lackland AFB spokesman, such actions do not meet the high standards expected of airmen nor the Air Force’s core values.

She was a part-time columnist for Canadian news site Orato.