The outrage bus must be full to bursting by now - goodness me some people need to get a sense of perspective.
When I first mentioned the lack of MAYDAY call it was an observation made after listening to the audio clip - I think the crew did a really great job getting the aircraft down safely - but the controller asks the pilot if he is declaring an emergency, something that would be made blindingly obvious by the use of MAYDAY.
I have no idea why the US Military have a different RT procedure to the rest of the world (including the FAA) but it seems counter-productive.